Background: Familismo or familism is a cultural value frequently seen in Hispanic cultures,
in which a higher emphasis is placed on the family unit in terms of respect, support …

This paper reviews the evidence on the well-known positive association between
socioeconomic status and health. We focus on four dimensions of socioeconomic status …

This report presents life expectancy estimates calculated using complete period life tables
based on provisional death counts for 2021 by sex and for the total, Hispanic, non-Hispanic …

Objectives—This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race,
Hispanic origin, and sex, based on age-specific death rates in 2016. Methods—Data used to …

Objectives-This report presents period life tables for the United States, based on age-
specific death rates for the period 2009-2011. These tables are the most recent in a 110 …

Objectives—This report presents complete period life tables for the United States by race,
Hispanic origin, and sex, based on age-specific death rates in 2015. Methods—Data used to …

Though Hispanics live long lives, whether a “Hispanic paradox “extends to older-age health
remains unclear, as do the social processes underlying racial-ethnic and immigrant-native …

In this review, the authors provide an approach to the study of health disparities in the US
Latino population and evaluate the evidence, using mortality rates for discrete medical …

This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to
doing life course research, including an “inside view” of how they designed and carried out …

Despite being newcomers, immigrants often exhibit better health relative to native-born
populations in industrialized societies. We extend prior efforts to identify whether self …