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male and 9.0 per female. In addition, as also shown in Table 1,
white Americans including both men and women sent more mes-
sages than men and women of other cultural groups combined, with
white Americans sending 159 messages versus 145 messages sent
by the others, and despite the fact that there were only six white
Americans out of the total group of 20. The cultural groups repre-
sented in this other category includes six African Americans, one
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Latin American, six Asians , and one African. When the average
number of messages is calculated by cultural grouping, a similar
pattern emerges. White Americans sent more than twice as many
messages, 26.5 messages on average, while the others sent 10.3
messages per person.

Table 1
Number of Messages by Sender by Gender and by Culture

Number of Messages
White
Sender Male Female American Other
M1 80 80
F1 30 30
M2 24 24
M3 24 24
M4 23 23
M5 19 19
F2 19 19
M6 13 13
F3 13 12
M7 13 13
F4 13 13
F5 12 12
M8 7 7
F6 6 6
F7 5 5
F8 1 1
F9 1 1
M9 1 1
F10 0 0
F11 0 0
Subtotals 204 100 159 145
TOTAL 304 304