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| Racial-ethnic differences in subjective survival expectations for the retirement years | | Author(s) | Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda, Zhenmei Zhang |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 31, no 6, November 2009 |
| Pages | pp 688-709 |
| Source | http://roa.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Mexico ; Longevity ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Previous research finds a race anomaly in subjective life expectancy, such that Blacks expect to live longer than Whites, even though their actual life expectancy is lower, but it does not include other racial-ethnic groups. Using data from the 1998 (US) Health and Retirement Study (n = 8,077), the authors find that the race anomaly in subjective survival expectations can be extended to Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans, regardless of their nativity, expect a lower chance of living to ages 75 and 85 than do Whites net of age and gender, even though their actual life expectancy is higher. In addition, foreign-born Mexican Americans expect a lower chance of survival to older ages than native-born Mexican Americans, which is also the opposite of actual mortality patterns. The authors also find that education and wealth interact with race and ethnicity to influence subjective survival expectations. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100225227 A |
| Classmark | TK: 7TY: BGA: 3F: 7T |
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