Colorado Adolescent Racism Experiences and Mental Health Survey, 2023

49,989 responses from the 2023 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey examine links between cumulative racism experiences and mental health in minority adolescents. The study, authored by Sumaita Choudhury, reports adjusted odds ratios for depressive symptoms and suicide ideation among Asian American, Black/African American, and Hispanic/Latinx high schoolers. Findings highlight significantly higher odds of poor mental health outcomes for those reporting three or more racism experiences.

Use Cases

• Assessing the association between cumulative racism experiences and depressive symptoms based on survey responses.
• Analyzing disparities in suicide ideation and planning across racial and ethnic minority groups based on the stratified regression models.
• Evaluating the impact of specific racism experiences on adolescent mental health outcomes as described in the study's background.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 49,989 survey responses, providing a substantial sample size.
• Analysis is stratified by three racial and ethnic minority groups (Asian American, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx).
• Results include specific adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals for mental health outcomes.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is cross-sectional (2023), limiting causal inference about racism and mental health over time.

Provenance

Source

2023 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey analysis using weighted adjusted multivariable logistic regression models.

Time Range

2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 04:44:59; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Colorado, United States