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Title: Race Differences in the Effects of Multiple Roles on Health: Longitudinal Evidence from a National Sample of Older Men
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Rushing, Beth Ritter, Christian Burton, Russell P. D. |
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Race Differences in the Effects of Multiple Roles on Health: Longitudinal Evidence from a National Sample of Older Men Journal of Health and Social Behavior 33,2 (June 1992): 126-139. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2137251 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: American Sociological Association Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Employment; Health Factors; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Marriage; Mortality; Racial Differences; Retirement/Retirement Planning Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines race differences in the effects of social roles on physical health. Using data from the older men cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience, we examine the impact of employment, marriage, and being a supporter on health limitations and mortality. Employment has the most consistent health-protective effect, and the benefits of employment are more pronounced for Blacks than for Whites. Marriage affects health in conjunction with employment. These findings lend further support to the growing literature on the effects of roles on health. The results further illustrate the importance of ascribed statuses as structural determinants of the relationship between roles and health, highlighting the very real differences in the meanings and expectations of social roles for Blacks and Whites. |
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Rushing, Beth, Christian Ritter and Russell P. D. Burton. "Race Differences in the Effects of Multiple Roles on Health: Longitudinal Evidence from a National Sample of Older Men." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 33,2 (June 1992): 126-139.
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