Ethnicity, educational attainment, and physical health of older adults in the United States
dc.contributor.author | Assari, Shervin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-03T19:57:34Z | |
dc.date.available | WITHHELD_12_MONTHS | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-03T19:57:34Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Assari, Shervin (2019). "Ethnicity, educational attainment, and physical health of older adults in the United States." Aging Medicine 2(2): 104-111. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2475-0360 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2475-0360 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/149760 | |
dc.description.abstract | ObjectiveMinorities’ diminished returns theory suggests that socioeconomic status (SES) resources generate fewer health benefits for racial and ethnic minority groups, compared to the majority group. The current study aimed to compare Hispanic and non‐Hispanic white older adults for the association between educational attainment and poor physical self‐rated health (SRH).MethodsThe first wave of the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging (UM‐NPHA) included 1820 older adults who were 50‐80 years old and were either non‐Hispanic white (n = 1618) or Hispanic white (n = 202). The main independent variable of interest was educational attainment. The main dependent variable of interest was poor physical SRH. Gender, age, marital status, and employment status were covariates. Ethnicity was the focal effect modifier.ResultsOverall, higher level of educational attainment was associated with better physical SRH. A significant interaction was found between ethnicity and level of educational attainment, which was indicative of a smaller physical SRH gain due to high educational attainment for Hispanic white compared to non‐Hispanic white older adults. In ethnic‐specific models, we found evidence suggesting that high educational attainment reduced the odds of poor physical SRH for non‐Hispanic whites but not for Hispanic whites.ConclusionCompared to non‐Hispanic whites, Hispanic whites gain less physical SRH benefits from their educational attainment. | |
dc.publisher | Free Press | |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals, Inc. | |
dc.subject.other | socioeconomic status | |
dc.subject.other | subjective health | |
dc.subject.other | whites | |
dc.subject.other | Hispanics | |
dc.subject.other | population groups | |
dc.subject.other | ethnicity | |
dc.subject.other | Europeans | |
dc.subject.other | Hispanic whites | |
dc.subject.other | self‐rated health | |
dc.subject.other | race | |
dc.title | Ethnicity, educational attainment, and physical health of older adults in the United States | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Geriatric Medicine | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149760/1/agm212050_am.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149760/2/agm212050.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/agm2.12050 | |
dc.identifier.source | Aging Medicine | |
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