Citation
Boutwell, Brian B.; Nedelec, Joseph; Winegard, Bo; Shackelford, Todd; Beaver, Kevin M.; Vaughn, Michael; Barnes, J. C.; & Wright, John P. (2017). The experience of discrimination in contemporary America: Results from a nationally representative sample of adults. PLOS ONE. vol. 12 pp. 1-8Abstract
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.URL
https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/7y6f3Reference Type
Journal ArticleJournal Title
PLOS ONEAuthor(s)
Boutwell, Brian B.Nedelec, Joseph
Winegard, Bo
Shackelford, Todd
Beaver, Kevin M.
Vaughn, Michael
Barnes, J. C.
Wright, John P.