Racial Non-equivalence of Socioeconomic Status and Self-rated Health among African Americans and Whites.

ABSTRACT: Racial health inequities are not fully explained by socioeconomic status (SES) measures like education, income and wealth. The largest inequities are observed among African American and white college graduates suggesting that African Americans do not receive the same health benefits of education. African Americans do not receive the same income and wealth returns of college education as their white counterparts indicating a racial non-equivalence of SES that may affect health inequities. The aim of this study is to determine whether racial non-equivalence of SES mediates race inequities in self-rated health by education and sex. Using data from the 2007-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in the United States, the mediation of the associations between race and self-rated

SUBMITTER: Bell CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7049651 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature