School Segregation and Health Across Racial Groups: A Life Course Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Contemporary school racial segregation is a manifestation of structural racism shown to harm Black children's health. Yet, evidence on its long-term impacts throughout life, as well as effects among children of other racial backgrounds, is sparse.

Methods

Data on Black and White children were drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Using multilevel models, we estimated associations between district-level school segregation and measures of short-term and long-term health, including self-reported outcomes and biomarkers. Models were run separately for Black and White children, adjusting for individual- and district-level covariates. We further carried out subgroup analyses by school racial composition (i.e., majority White vs. majority

SUBMITTER: Chiang AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11463343 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature