It’s Complicated: Everyday Discrimination Across the Transition into Adulthood

Experiences
during emerging adulthood hold particular importance for future health and
economic well-being. This study uses Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition
into Adulthood Supplement data to explore growth trajectories of perceived
discrimination across the transition into adulthood and to examine how gendered
racialized group status might shape perceived discrimination among U.S.
emerging adult men and women racialized as white, non-Hispanic, Black,
non-Hispanic, or Hispanic (n=2,532) using multilevel models. Results showed
that as emerging adults age there is a decreasing pattern of perceived everyday
discrimination, though there were individual differences in the rate and
direction of change. Women racialized as Black, non-Hispanic had significantly
lower perceived discrimination than all other groups except Hispanic women. Each of the six gendered racialized subgroups had similar
patterns of perceived discrimination over time. More research is needed to
better understand differences in the rate and direction of change in perceived
discrimination over time.<br><br><br><br><br>