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Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age.

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Brown, TH; Richardson, LJ; Hargrove, TW; Thomas, CS
Published in: Journal of health and social behavior
June 2016

This study examines how the intersecting consequences of race-ethnicity, gender, socioeconomics status (SES), and age influence health inequality. We draw on multiple-hierarchy stratification and life course perspectives to address two main research questions. First, does racial-ethnic stratification of health vary by gender and/or SES? More specifically, are the joint health consequences of racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic stratification additive or multiplicative? Second, does this combined inequality in health decrease, remain stable, or increase between middle and late life? We use panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (N = 12,976) to investigate between- and within-group differences in in self-rated health among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans. Findings indicate that the effects of racial-ethnic, gender, and SES stratification are interactive, resulting in the greatest racial-ethnic inequalities in health among women and those with higher levels of SES. Furthermore, racial-ethnic/gender/SES inequalities in health tend to decline with age. These results are broadly consistent with intersectionality and aging-as-leveler hypotheses.

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Journal of health and social behavior

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EISSN

2150-6000

ISSN

0022-1465

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

57

Issue

2

Start / End Page

200 / 222

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Class
  • Sex Factors
  • Racial Groups
  • Public Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Health Status Disparities
 

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Brown, T. H., Richardson, L. J., Hargrove, T. W., & Thomas, C. S. (2016). Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 57(2), 200–222. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146516645165
Brown, Tyson H., Liana J. Richardson, Taylor W. Hargrove, and Courtney S. Thomas. “Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age.Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57, no. 2 (June 2016): 200–222. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146516645165.
Brown TH, Richardson LJ, Hargrove TW, Thomas CS. Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age. Journal of health and social behavior. 2016 Jun;57(2):200–22.
Brown, Tyson H., et al. “Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age.Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 57, no. 2, June 2016, pp. 200–22. Epmc, doi:10.1177/0022146516645165.
Brown TH, Richardson LJ, Hargrove TW, Thomas CS. Using Multiple-hierarchy Stratification and Life Course Approaches to Understand Health Inequalities: The Intersecting Consequences of Race, Gender, SES, and Age. Journal of health and social behavior. 2016 Jun;57(2):200–222.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of health and social behavior

DOI

EISSN

2150-6000

ISSN

0022-1465

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

57

Issue

2

Start / End Page

200 / 222

Related Subject Headings

  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Social Class
  • Sex Factors
  • Racial Groups
  • Public Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Health Surveys
  • Health Status Disparities