Explaining US racial/ethnic disparities in health declines and mortality in late middle age: The roles of socioeconomic status, health behaviors, and health insurance

Pervasive health disparities continue to exist among racial/ethnic minority groups, but the factors related to these disparities have not been fully elucidated. We undertook this prospective cohort study to determine the independent contributions of socioeconomic status (SES), health behaviors, and...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 2006-02, Vol.62 (4), p.909-922
Main Authors: Sudano, Joseph J., Baker, David W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Behavior
Behavior modification
Biological and medical sciences
Black people
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
Cohort study
Death & dying
Ethnic differences
Ethnic Groups
ethnic health disparities Hispanics Socioeconomic status Health behaviors Insurance Self-reported health declines USA Cohort study
Ethnicity
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Behavior
Health Behavior - ethnology
Health behaviors
Health behaviour
Health care
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health Care Services
Health Care Utilization
Health disparities
Health education
Health inequality
Health initiatives
Health Insurance
Health status
Health Status Disparities
Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data
Hispanic-Americans
Hispanics
Humans
Illness
Insurance
Insurance coverage
Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data
Latin American cultural groups
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Medically Uninsured - statistics & numerical data
Middle age
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority Groups
Miscellaneous
Mortality
Mortality - ethnology
Mortality Rates
Poverty - ethnology
Public health
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Racial
Racial differences
Racial inequality
Racial/ethnic health disparities
Retirement
Risk Assessment
Self-reported health declines
Social Class
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic Status
Sociology, Medical
U.S.A
United States - epidemiology
United States of America
USA
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