Discrimination in the United States: Perspectives for the future.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarize findings from this Special Issue, which examine reported experiences of discrimination among six underrepresented groups in public opinion research-blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) adults, and women.

Data source and study design

Data come from a nationally representative, probability-based telephone survey of 3453 US adults, conducted January-April 2017.

Methods

We calculated the percent of adults reporting discrimination in several domains, including health care.

Principal findings

In health care encounters, 32 percent of black adults reported discrimination, as did 23 percent of Native Americans, 20 percent of Latinos, 18 percent of women, 16 percent of LGBTQ adult

SUBMITTER: Blendon RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6864379 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature