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ArticleEthnicity & health2019

Self-rated health among multiracial young adults in the United States: findings from the add health study.

Karen M Tabb, Amelia R Gavin, Douglas C Smith, Hsiang Huang

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Karen M Tabba School of Social Work , University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign , IL , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4722-9502
Amelia R Gavinb School of Social Work , University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2200-2368
Douglas C Smitha School of Social Work , University of Illinois , Urbana-Champaign , IL , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2849-9184
Hsiang Huangc Department of Psychiatry , Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School , Cambridge , MA , USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7679-5231

Funding

Wave IV Data CollectionP01HD031921 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HARRIS, KATHLEEN MULLAN · 1994 to 2020
$86.1M
Methods and Data CoreR24HD042828 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI MAR, CORINNE M · 2002 to 2016
$9.3M
A Global Health Demonstration Program in PeruR25TW007490 · FIC · UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA · PI GARCIA, PATRICIA JANNET · 2005 to 2007
$383k
FIC NIH HHS R25 TW007490NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD031921NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD042828NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD008481
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe multiracial adult population is one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. population, yet much remains to be learned about multiracial health. Considerable research finds racial/ethnic disparities in self-rated health, however subgroups within the multiracial population have not been consistently described.

designWe use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) and multivariate logistic regression analyses to compare self-rated health of multiracial and monoracial young adults (n = 7880).

resultsOverall, there were no significant differences in poor self-rated health status of multiracial adults as a single group odds ratio 0.84 (95% CI: 0.52-1.36) compared to monoracial White adults. Analyses further revealed important variations in health-status by specific subgroups and show that some multiracial subgroups may not fit existing patterns of health disparities. For instance, Asian-White multiracial adults do not fit documented patterns of health disparities and report better health than monoracial Asian and monoracial White adults.

conclusionThis study illustrates that the inclusion of specific multiracial categories provides evidence to enhance understanding of the pathways that are linked to health outcomes and the implications for health disparities.

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Health StatusHealth Status DisparitiesAdolescentAdultAsianBlack or African AmericanEducational StatusFemaleHumansIndians, North AmericanMaleMarital StatusNational Longitudinal Study of Adolescent HealthRacial GroupsUnited StatesWhite Peopleadd healthmixed racemultiracialodds ratiosSelf-rated healthyoung adult

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PMCPMC6105566

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