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The prevalence of discrimination across racial groups in contemporary America: Results from a nationally representative sample of adults.
- Source :
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PloS one [PLoS One] 2017 Aug 24; Vol. 12 (8), pp. e0183356. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 24 (Print Publication: 2017). - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- A large body of social science research is devoted to understanding the causes and correlates of discrimination. Comparatively less effort has been aimed at providing a general prevalence estimate of discrimination using a nationally representative sample. The current study is intended to offer such an estimate using a large sample of American respondents (N = 14,793) while also exploring perceptions regarding why respondents felt they were discriminated against. The results provide a broad estimate of self-reported discrimination experiences-an event that was only reported by about one-quarter of all sample members-across racial and ethnic categories.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Prevalence
United States
Population Groups
Racism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1932-6203
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28837680
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183356