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Article: Racial disparities in self-rated health at older ages: What difference does the neighborhood make?
Title | Racial disparities in self-rated health at older ages: What difference does the neighborhood make? |
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Issue Date | 2005 |
Citation | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 2005, v. 60, n. 4 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objectives. Racial differences in self-rated health at older ages are well documented. African Americans consistently report poorer health, even when education, income, and other health status indicators are controlled. The extent to which neighborhood-level characteristics mediate this association remains largely unexplored. We ask whether neighborhood social and economic resources help to explain the self-reported health differential between African Americans and Whites. Methods. Using the 1990 Decennial Census, the 1994-1995 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods-Community Survey, and selected years of the 1991-2000 Metropolitan Chicago Information Center-Metro Survey, we examine the impact of neighborhood structure and social organization on self-rated health for a sample of Chicago residents aged 55 and older (N = 636). We use multilevel modeling techniques to examine both individual and neighborhood-level covariates. Results. Findings indicate that affluence, a neighborhood structural resource, contributes positively to self-rated health and attenuates the association between race and self-rated health. When the level of affluence in a community is low, residential stability is negatively related to health. Collective efficacy, a measure of neighborhood social resources, is not associated with health for this older population. Discussion. Analyses incorporating individual and neighborhood-level contextual indicators may further our understanding of the complex association between sociodemographic factors and health. Copyright 2005 by The Gerontological Society of America. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/323784 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.8 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.305 |
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dc.contributor.author | Cagney, Kathleen A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Browning, Christopher R. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wen, Ming | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-13T02:59:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-13T02:59:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 2005, v. 60, n. 4 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1079-5014 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/323784 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives. Racial differences in self-rated health at older ages are well documented. African Americans consistently report poorer health, even when education, income, and other health status indicators are controlled. The extent to which neighborhood-level characteristics mediate this association remains largely unexplored. We ask whether neighborhood social and economic resources help to explain the self-reported health differential between African Americans and Whites. Methods. Using the 1990 Decennial Census, the 1994-1995 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods-Community Survey, and selected years of the 1991-2000 Metropolitan Chicago Information Center-Metro Survey, we examine the impact of neighborhood structure and social organization on self-rated health for a sample of Chicago residents aged 55 and older (N = 636). We use multilevel modeling techniques to examine both individual and neighborhood-level covariates. Results. Findings indicate that affluence, a neighborhood structural resource, contributes positively to self-rated health and attenuates the association between race and self-rated health. When the level of affluence in a community is low, residential stability is negatively related to health. Collective efficacy, a measure of neighborhood social resources, is not associated with health for this older population. Discussion. Analyses incorporating individual and neighborhood-level contextual indicators may further our understanding of the complex association between sociodemographic factors and health. Copyright 2005 by The Gerontological Society of America. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences | - |
dc.title | Racial disparities in self-rated health at older ages: What difference does the neighborhood make? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/geronb/60.4.s181 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 15980292 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-21244493217 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 60 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000230190300010 | - |