Race, Flourishing, and All-Cause Mortality in the United States, 1995-2016.

ABSTRACT: We assessed whether race moderates the association between flourishing and all-cause mortality. We used panel data from the Midlife in the United States Study (MIDUS) (1995-2016; n = 2,851). Approximately 19% of White respondents and 23% of Black respondents in the baseline sample died over the course of the 21-year study period (n = 564). Cox proportional hazard models showed that Blacks had a higher mortality rate relative to Whites and higher levels of flourishing were associated with a lower mortality rate. Furthermore, a significant interaction between flourishing and race in predicting death was observed. Blacks with higher levels of flourishing had a mortality rate that was not significantly different from that of Whites. However, Blacks, but not Whites, with low flourishing scores

SUBMITTER: Louie P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579008 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature