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| Differences by race in the decline of health over time | | Author(s) | Chuck W Peek, Raymond T Coward, John C Henretta |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 6, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp S336-S344 |
| Keywords | Health [elderly] ; Ethnic groups ; Black people ; Ugandan Asians ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors contend that previous research on race differences in health has failed to take into account the initial state of health of respondents. Other research has demonstrated that older people in poor health are more likely to experience a change in their health over time. It is unclear if the greater probability of decline in health observed among African Americans is a result of being more likely to begin such observations in health states that are worse than those for whites. This investigation examines declines in health over a 30-month period in a sample of African American and white older people who were in similar "good health" at the beginning of this study. Findings support the supposition that African Americans are more likely to report a decline in their health, regardless of the health measure used. Differences by race in the decline of health appear to be a consequence of economic and educational discrepancies between the two groups. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980121420 A |
| Classmark | CC: TK: TKE: TKM: 3J: 7T |
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