The Racialized Impact of Study Abroad on US Students’ Subsequent Interracial Interactions
Table 3
Mean and Mann-Whitney test results (as a result of studying abroad…).
Survey question
Mean for students of color (standard deviation)
Mean for white students (standard deviation)
(df) = value, = value, value
More frequent interracial interactions at campus social gatherings
4.00 (.816)
3.41 (.567)
(59) = 109.0, = −2.085, = .037
More frequent interracial interactions at off-campus gatherings
4.00 (.817)
3.39 (.627)
(59) = 106.5, = −2.200, = .028
More frequent interracial on campus generally
5.43 (1.51)
3.98 (1.35)
(60) = 92.0, = −2.292, = .022
Seek out a greater diversity of friends based on race on campus
5.29 (1.25)
4.00 (1.32)
(60) = 100.5, = −2.099, = .036
More likely to join diversity-related student organizations/groups
4.14 (.900)
3.41 (.659)
(59) = 101.5, = −2.206, = .027
Note: df stands for degrees of freedom. A response scale of 1 (much less likely) to 5 (much more likely) was used for the first two variables and the last variable presented here. A response scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree) was used for the remaining two variables.