Objectives. In this study, we examined whether racial segregation is associated with poorer
self-rated health among older adults, and whether racial segregation helps explain race …

Research demonstrates that race disparities in health often persist after controlling for
individual socioeconomic status (SES). Yet little is known about the contribution of …

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 …

Few studies have examined to what extent racial disparities in chronic health conditions
(CHCs) are attributable to racial differences in body weight (measured as body mass index …

We examine whether individual and neighborhood socioeconomic context contributes to
black/white disparities in mortality among USA older adults. Using national longitudinal data …

Racial/ethnic differences in health and mortality stand at the heart of the public health
agenda of the United States (Kington and Nickens, 2001; Martin and Soldo, 1997; Williams …

Background Little is known about the simultaneous effect of socioeconomic status (SES),
psychosocial, and health-related factors on race differences in mortality in older adults …

Drawing on four waves of the Americans' Changing Lives Study, we examine the
contributions of individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status to explain racial …

Over the last couple of decades, demographers have documented an array of racial/ethnic
health disparities. While the National Research Council's 1994 Demography of Aging …

Background Differences in health status between Black and White adults in the United
States have been widely documented. For instance, in recent reviews, Manton, Patrick, and …