To test for racial differences in exposure to daily family stressors, we estimated a series of multilevel logistic models (SAS, PROC NLMIXED), predicting daily reports of family stressors as a function of race. Models were estimated separately for each type of family stressor (i.e., family arguments, avoided family arguments, and family network events). Contrary to our expectations, our results revealed no significant racial differences in exposure to any type of family stressor (Hypothesis 1). It is important to note that both races reported family stressors on a small proportion of days. On average, both African Americans and European Americans reported family arguments on ~ 5% of days, reported avoided family arguments on less than 10% of days, and reported family network events on ~ 3% of days.
