those who responded with sometimes or often to the perceived discrimination measure described above — were asked the following question: “What do you think was the main reason for these experiences?” Respondents were allowed to choose one response from 11 categories. For the present analysis, these responses were recoded into nine mutually exclusive categories capturing the following options: race / ancestry / skin color; gender; age; religion; height or weight; sexual orientation; education or income; physical disability; and other. The following categories from the original questionnaire were collapsed into one category for the analysis: race; ancestry or national origin; and shade of skin color. Additionally, because this question was only asked of respondents who reported prior discrimination experiences, the built-in skip pattern resulted in a large number of