Figure 1
Recruitment brochure for citizen social science project “Eyes on OUR City.”
Figure 2
Steps of qualitative analysis of observation booklets.
Table 1
Citizen scientist and research assistant demographic information (=162).
| CITIZEN SCIENTISTS (N = 162) | TRAINED SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS (N = 33) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Range: | 19–72 years old | 22–45 years old |
| Mean: | 34.2 | 24.3 | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 92 (58%) | 20 (61%) | |
| Male | 67 (41%) | 7 (21%) | |
| Other/non-binary | 3 (2%) | 1 (3%) | |
| Decline to answer | 0 (0%) | 5 (15%) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| White | 49% | 39% | |
| Black, African American | 4% | 0% | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2% | 0% | |
| Asian/Asian American | 9% | 9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% | |
| Hispanic | 27% | 15% | |
| ≥ 2 categories | 8% | 24% | |
| Decline to answer | 1% | 12% | |
| Body Size | |||
| Do you consider yourself overweight? = Yes | 20% | 6% | |
| Clinically overweight based on self-report of height and weight [BMI >25 < 29.9] | 30% | 18% | |
| Clinically obese based on self-report* of height and weight [BMI ≥ 30] | 20% | 0% |
[i] Notes: Self-reported height and weight found that 50% of the citizen scientists were either clinically overweight or obese based on BMI, although 80% of the volunteers indicated that they did not consider themselves overweight.
Figure 3
Mean percentage of possible correct observations by exclusion domain for citizen scientists (n = 162) versus trained research assistants (n = 33). The whiskers represent standard deviation.
Table 2
Results of linear regression, predicting percent of possible exclusionary observations by category, based on citizen scientists’ initial vignette tests of their structural awareness and reported personal level of experiences of discrimination (note: one participant did not complete the structural awareness test).
| DEPENDENT | PREDICTOR | N | UNSTANDARDIZED BETA | STANDARD ERROR | STANDARDIZED BETA | T | P | F | R2 | ADJUSTED R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observations of gender exclusions [% correct] | Structural awareness pretest score [0–9] | 161 | 0.995 | 0.347 | 0.221 | 2.87 | 0.005 | 8.239 | 0.49 | 0.43 |
| Observations of minority exclusions [% correct] | Structural awareness pretest score [0–9] | 161 | 1.256 | 0.504 | 0.193 | 2.491 | 0.014 | 6.206 | 0.037 | 0.031 |
| Observations of large body exclusions [% correct] | Structural awareness pretest score [0–9] | 161 | 0.099 | 0.349 | 0.022 | 0.284 | 0.777 | 0.080 | 0.000 | –0.006 |
| Observations of elderly exclusions [% correct] | Structural awareness pretest score [0–9] | 161 | 0.098 | 0.248 | 0.031 | 0.397 | 0.692 | 0.158 | 0.001 | –0.005 |
| Observations of gender exclusions [% correct] | Discrimination experience score [0–22] | 162 | –0.049 | 0.140 | –0.028bv bv | 16.389 | 0.727 | 0.123 | 0.001 | –0.006 |
| Observations of minority exclusions [% correct] | Discrimination experience score [0–22] | 162 | 0.113 | 0.202 | 0.044 | 0.560 | 0.576 | 0.314 | 0.002 | –0.004 |
| Observations of large body exclusions [% correct] | Discrimination experience score [0–22] | 162 | –0.015 | 0.136 | –0.009 | –0.107 | 0.915 | 0.012 | 0.000 | –0.006 |
| Observations of elderly exclusions [% correct] | Discrimination experience score [0–22] | 162 | 0.084 | 0.098 | 0.068 | 0.858 | 0.392 | 0.736 | 0.005 | –0.002 |
[i] Note: Bolding added to column 1 for ease of distinguishing dependent variable; bolding of p values indicates significance.