John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health

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 Nancy Krieger's Measure

 Interview questions regarding response to unfair treatment and experience of racial or gender discrimination.
 
1. If you feel you’ve been treated unfairly, how do you usually respond--do you: Accept it as a fact of life? Try to do something about it?

2. And if you’ve been treated unfairly, do you: Talk to other people about it? Keep it to yourself?

3. Have you ever experienced discrimination, been prevented from doing something, or been hassled or made to feel inferior in any of the following five situations because you’re a woman? (Yes or No) At school; Getting a Job; At work; At home; Getting Medical Care

4. Have you ever experienced discrimination, been prevented from doing something, or been hassled or made to feel inferior, in any of the following six situations because of your race or color? (Yes or No) At school; Getting a job; At work; Getting housing; Getting medical care; From the police or in the courts.

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