Navigating Racial Health Disparities: Insights across the Lifespan
2024
Understanding Everyday Discrimination Over Time
Sample size: 23523
publication
Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Wheaton Felicia
Primary Institution: Xavier University of Louisiana
Hypothesis
How do experiences of everyday discrimination change over time and differ by age and cohort?
Conclusion
Everyday discrimination decreases with age, but younger cohorts report higher levels of discrimination.
Supporting Evidence
- Everyday discrimination decreased from 2006 until 2016, peaked, and then fell through 2020.
- The oldest cohort experienced the lowest average discrimination.
- Younger cohorts reported higher levels of everyday discrimination.
Takeaway
As people get older, they experience less everyday discrimination, but younger people, especially those born in the 1960s, face more discrimination.
Methodology
The study used longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to analyze changes in everyday discrimination from 2006 to 2020.
Participant Demographics
Participants were Americans aged 50 and older.
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