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Race, socioeconomic status, and health
— accounting for race differences in health | | Author(s) | Michael Schoenbaum, Timothy Waidmann |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, special issue, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp 61-73 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Economic status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Chronic illness ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) study is used, to examine the extent to which observed differences in the prevalence of chronic conditions and functional limitations between Black and white adults (aged 70+) in the US can be attributed to differences in various aspects of socio-economic status (SES) between these groups. Linear and logistic regression techniques are used to model the relationships between health outcomes and SES. Findings indicate that race differences in measurable socio-economic characteristics indeed explain a substantial fraction, but in general not all, of Black/white differences in health status. While the findings do not suggest that low SES directly "causes" poor health, any more than being Black does so, they do suggest that research and policy intended to address the deficit in health status among Blacks (when compared to whites) in the US would be well-served to begin with the deficit in wealth, education, and other SES measures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125263 A |
| Classmark | TK: F:W: CC: CI: 49: 7T |
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