- Childhood interracial contact has a significant, negative association with adult anti-Black prejudice and stereotype adherence.
- Anti-Black prejudice is most strongly associated with stereotype adherence and education.
- Anti-Black prejudice is most influenced by stereotype adherence, education, age, and past contact, in descending order.
- The relationship between past contact and age is the strongest bivariate correlation, indicating that childhood interracial contact increased significantly during the last two decades.
- Childhood interracial contact has a significant effect on stereotype adherence, absent controls.
- When control variables are in place, past contact remains significant.
- Second to income, childhood contact has the strongest influence on adult stereotype adherence.
- Childhood interracial contact has a significant negative effect on anti-Black prejudice, absent controls.
- When controlling for age and education, childhood contact is still significant.
- When stereotype adherence is included in the analysis as an intervening variable, childhood contact still has a significant and direct effect on adult anti-Black prejudice.
- Education and age also have a significant direct effect when stereotyping is included in the analysis.