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Racial Differences in Physical and Mental Health: Socio-economic Status, Stress and Discrimination
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This article examines the extent to which racial differences in socio-economic status (SES), social class and acute and chronic indicators of perceived discrimination, as well as general measures of stress can account for black-white differences in self-reported measures of physical and mental health. The observed racial differences in health were markedly reduced when adjusted for education and especially income. However, both perceived discrimination and more traditional measures of stress are related to health and play an incremental role in accounting for differences between the races in health status. These findings underscore the need for research efforts to identify the complex ways in which economic and non-economic forms of discrimination relate to each other and combine with socio-economic position and other risk factors and resources to affect health.
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- Authors
- Williams, D. R., Yu, Y., Jackson, J. S., & Anderson, N. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1997-07
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 335-351
- ISSN
- 1359-1053 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7277
- OpenAlex
- W2132406025
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- FWCI
- 19.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Gender, Health, and Social Inequality
- Keywords
- racial differences in health, Black-White health disparities, perceived discrimination, socioeconomic status, social class, stress, income, physical health, mental health, self-reported health
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