Racial and Educational Disparities in Cumulative Exposure to Hardships of the 2008 Great Recession and Inflammation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This cross-sectional analysis examined self-reported economic hardships of the 2008 Great Recession, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, and psychological well-being (PWB) as predictors of systemic inflammatory physiology at midlife. We also tested for differential vulnerability in the relationship between recession hardship and inflammatory physiology by race/ethnicity, education, and PWB.

Methods

Adults from the Midlife in the United States Refresher sample completed a survey and biomedical assessments after the recession ( n = 592 non-Hispanic White respondents, n = 158 Black/African American respondents, n = 108 respondents with other race/ethnicity). Cumulative recession hardship was the sum of financial, housing, and employment-related events. Outcomes in

SUBMITTER: Kirsch JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10543484 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature