Discrimination in the United States: Experiences of Native Americans.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine reported racial discrimination and harassment against Native Americans, which broadly contribute to poor health outcomes.

Data source and study design

Data come from a nationally representative, probability-based telephone survey including 342 Native American and 902 white US adults, conducted January-April 2017.

Methods

We calculated the percent of Native Americans reporting discrimination in several domains, including health care. We used logistic regression to compare the Native American-white difference in odds of discrimination and conducted exploratory analyses among Native Americans only to examine variation by socioeconomic and geographic/neighborhood characteristics.

Principal findings

More than one in five Native Americans (23 per

SUBMITTER: Findling MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864378 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature