In 1995, 64,500 black women aged 21-69 years enrolled in the Black Women's Health Study by completing postal questionnaires. The 1997 follow-up questionnaire assessed "race"-consciousness by asking, "How often do you think about your race? Never / Once a year / Once a month / Once a week / Once a day / Once an hour / Constantly". Experiences of personally-mediated racism were assessed by asking, "Have you ever been treated unfairly due to your race on the job, in housing, or by the police?" and "How often do people act as if you are dishonest, unintelligent, or inferior to them?" Overall, 52% of the women thought about their "race" daily, and the frequency of "race"-consciousness was strongly associated with experiences of personally-mediated racism. The relationships of these responses to age, education, place of residence, and ancestry will be presented.
Learning Objectives: Familiarize participants with different measures of racism. Illuminate the relations between different measures of racism in a cohort of US "Black" women
Keywords: Data Collection, Ethnic Minorities
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