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Health-wealth association among older Americans: racial and ethnic differences
- Author:
- LUM Terry
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Research, 28(2), June 2004, pp.105-116.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Using five-year longitudinal data from the AHEAD survey, this study investigated the direction of association between health and wealth among elderly people. In particular, if focused on how this association varied across racial and ethnic groups. The study found that there was a significant nonmonotonic association between health and wealth and the direction of the association was from health to wealth, but not from wealth to health, and that race and ethnicity moderated the effect of health on wealth. Implications for social policy are discussed.
Race/ethnicity and socio-economic class as correlates of disability in old age
- Authors:
- OZAWA Martha N., YEO Yeong Hun
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 51(3-4), 2008, pp.337-365.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Previous research indicates that although the incidence of severe disability seems higher among Black and Hispanic social security beneficiaries, the effect of race/ethnicity on disability diminishes in old age, and it may possibly reverse the situation, with the odds of older Black and Hispanic people having disabilities being smaller than those of white older people. This article describes a study undertaken to test these ideas by analysing the 2000 Health and Retirement Study Wave 5, as reconfigured by the Rand Corporation. The analysis concluded that it was socio-economic factors more than race/ethnicity which correlated with disability in old age, but in reality because elderly Black and Hispanic people were more disadvantaged socio-economically they were more likely to become disabled.
Ethnicity, gender and depressive symptoms in older workers
- Authors:
- FERNANDEZ Maria E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Gerontologist, 38(1), February 1998, pp.71-79.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Uses data from a prospective investigation of full-time workers aged 58-64 years residing in North Carolina metropolitan area at baseline to examine a causal model for depressive symptomatology among white men, white women, African American men and African American women. Found significant group differences. (1) White men were more vulnerable to social network losses than white women; (2) Work stressors had long-term effects on African American men whose levels of depressive symptoms were also elevated by poor health and retirement; and (3) The influence of income was more dominant among African Americans and its effect was greater for African American women.
Ethnic differences in patterns of social exchange among older adults: the role of resource context
- Authors:
- FIORI Katherine, CONSEDINE Nathan S., MAGAI Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 28(4), May 2008, pp.495-524.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Using social capital and social exchange theories, this investigation examined ethnic variation in patterns of social exchange in two heterogeneous racial groups, Blacks and Whites in the United States, and the effects of education and income on these patterns. The sample was 1,043 people aged 65–86 years from four ethnic groups (US-born European-Americans, immigrant Russians/Ukrainians, US-born African-Americans, and immigrant English-speaking Caribbeans) who had provided details of their instrumental and advice exchanges with kin and non-kin. Hierarchical multinomial logistic regressions were used to predict patterns of social exchange, variations by ethnicity, income and education, and the interactions. Ethnic differences in patterns of social exchange were found, but almost all were qualified by interactions. Those with income showed within-group heterogeneity: African-Americans and Russians/Ukrainians with higher income were more likely to engage in reciprocal instrumental kin exchange, whereas among English-speaking Caribbeans and European-Americans such exchanges were not associated with income. Unlike among European-Americans and English-speaking Caribbeans, Russians/Ukrainians with higher income and education were more likely to engage in reciprocal non-kin exchange. The findings suggest that ethnic variation in social exchange reflects both aspects of ethnic group membership and the relational context, as well as the enactment of reciprocity values in varying resource contexts.
Aging, social inequality and public policy
- Author:
- PAMPEL Fred
- Publisher:
- Pine Forge Press
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 176p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Thousand Oaks, CA
By attending to the social inequality between and within age groups the book tries to steer between the two extremes of social determinism and individualism. Structural inequality between age groups shapes personal experiences of individuals, but at the same time inequalities within age groups counter generalisations that apply to people of similar ages. From this it follows that aging has different meanings and consequences for people from different classes, races, ethnic groups and generations.
Ageing and social policy in Australia
- Editors:
- BOROWSKI Allan, ENCEL Sol, OZANNE Elizabeth
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 351p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Looks at ageing and social policy in an Australian context and from an international comparative perspective. Topics covered include: employment, education, housing and incomes, ethnicity, legal matters, gender, and Aboriginal Australians.