Table 2.
Experiences of discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic due to being Asian, Asian American or Pacific Islander by cultural group: N (%).
| All | Asian Indian (n = 287) |
Ethnic Chinese 1 (n = 1685) |
Filipino (N = 173) |
Hmong (n = 110) |
Japanese (n = 220) |
Korean (n = 1119) |
NHPI 2 (n = 116) |
Vietnamese (n = 958) |
Other/Mixed (n = 303) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDS_Overall: Any Discrimination Experience During COVID-19 Due to Being Asian American/Pacific Islander | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3018 (60.7) | 119 (41.5) | 1090 (64.7) | 106 (61.3) | 88 (80.0) | 127 (57.7) | 718 (64.2) | 47 (40.5) | 534 (55.7) | 189 (62.4) |
| No | 1953 (39.3) | 168 (58.5) | 595 (35.3) | 67 (38.7) | 22 (20.0) | 93 (42.3) | 401 (35.8) | 69 (59.5) | 424 (44.3) | 114 (37.6) |
| EDS_1: you been treated with less respect than other people... | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2562 (51.5) | 96 (32.7) | 961 (57.0) | 79 (45.7) | 76 (69.1) | 107 (48.6) | 607 (54.2) | 25 (30.2) | 438 (45.7) | 165 (54.5) |
| No | 2409 (48.5) | 193 (67.3) | 724 (43.0) | 94 (54.3) | 34 (30.9) | 113 (51.4) | 512 (45.8) | 91 (69.8) | 520 (54.3) | 138 (45.5) |
| EDS_2: you been treated unfairly at restaurants or stores... | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1685 (33.9) | 67 (23.3) | 649 (48.5) | 52 (30.1) | 60 (54.5) | 65 (29.5) | 349 (31.2) | 26 (22.4) | 303 (31.6) | 114 (37.6) |
| No | 3286 (66.1) | 220 (76.7) | 1036 (61.5) | 121 (69.9) | 50 (45.5) | 155 (70.5) | 770 (68.8) | 90 (77.6) | 655 (68.4) | 189 (62.4) |
| EDS_3: people criticized your accent or the way you speak... | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1344 (27.0) | 73 (35.4) | 488 (39.0) | 41 (23.7) | 43 (39.1) | 33 (15.0) | 318 (28.4) | 22 (19.0) | 244 (25.5) | 82 (27.1) |
| No | 3627 (73.0) | 214 (74.6) | 1197 (71.0) | 132 (76.3) | 67 (60.9) | 187 (85.0) | 801 (71.6) | 94 (81.0) | 714 (74.5) | 221 (72.9) |
| EDS_4: people acted as if they think you are not smart... | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1278 (25.7) | 60 (20.9) | 486 (28.8) | 43 (24.9) | 58 (57.7) | 34 (15.4) | 257 (23.0) | 31 (26.7) | 234 (24.4) | 75 (24.7) |
| No | 3693 (74.3) | 227 (79.1) | 1199 (71.2) | 130 (75.1) | 52 (42.3) | 186 (84.6) | 862 (77.0) | 85 (73.3) | 724 (75.6) | 228 (75.3) |
| EDS_5: people acted as if they are afraid of you... | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1781 (35.8) | 55 (19.2) | 705 (41.8) | 50 (28.9) | 73 (66.4) | 72 (32.7) | 359 (32.1) | 31 (26.7) | 313 (32.7) | 123 (40.6) |
| No | 3190 (64.2) | 232 (80.8) | 980 (58.2) | 123 (71.1) | 37 (33.6) | 148 (67.3) | 760 (67.9) | 85 (73.3) | 645 (67.3) | 180 (59.4) |
| EDS_6: people acted as if they think you are dishonest... | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1113 (22.4) | 53 (18.5) | 447 (26.5) | 33 (19.1) | 47 (42.7) | 38 (17.3) | 184 (16.4) | 25 (21.5) | 209 (21.8) | 77 (25.4) |
| No | 3858 (77.6) | 234 (81.5) | 1238 (73.5) | 140 (80.9) | 63 (57.3) | 182 (82.7) | 935 (83.6) | 91 (78.5) | 749 (78.2) | 226 (74.6) |
| EDS_7: people acted as if they’re better than you are… | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1878 (37.8) | 84 (29.3) | 699 (41.5) | 75 (43.3) | 69 (62.7) | 75 (34.1) | 409 (36.5) | 34 (29.3) | 309 (32.2) | 124 (40.9) |
| No | 3093 (62.2) | 203 (70.7) | 986 (58.5) | 98 (56.7) | 41 (37.3) | 145 (65.9) | 710 (63.5) | 82 (70.7) | 649 (67.8) | 179 (59.1) |
| EDS_8: you been threatened or harassed… | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1282 (25.8) | 53 (18.5) | 562 (33.3) | 41 (23.7) | 49 (44.5) | 50 (22.7) | 231 (20.6) | 18 (15.5) | 195 (20.3) | 83 (27.4) |
| No | 3689 (74.2) | 234 (81.5) | 1123 (66.7) | 132 (76.3) | 61 (55.5) | 170 (77.3) | 888 (79.4) | 98 (84.5) | 763 (79.7) | 220 (72.6) |
1 Ethnic Chinese includes mainland Chinese, Hongkonger, Taiwanese, and Huaren. 2 Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders.