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.