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Title: Interracial Marriage and Self-Reported Health of Whites and Blacks in the United States
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: This study examines the self-reported health of 180,291 married non-Hispanic blacks and whites in interracial versus endogamous marriages. Data are from the National Health Interview Survey pooled over the period 1997-2013. The results from ordinal logistic regressions show that non-Hispanic whites intermarried with non-Hispanic blacks, non-Hispanic whites intermarried with non-Hispanic other races, and non-Hispanic white women with Hispanic husbands report significantly poorer health than their endogamous counterparts. Furthermore, non-Hispanic whites with non-Hispanic black spouses also fare worse than their interracially married peers with Hispanic spouses. In contrast, the self-reported health of married non-Hispanic blacks shows no significant difference between the interracially and the endogamously married. Our findings highlight the theoretical significance of spousal characteristics and couple-level contexts in the household production of health.
Url: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11113-017-9438-0
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Authors: Yu, Yan-Liang; Zhang, Zhenmei
Periodical (Full): Population Research and Policy Review
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Pages: 851-870
Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS
Topics: Family and Marriage, Health, Race and Ethnicity
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