Racial Stratification in Self-Rated Health Among Black Mexicans and White Mexicans

Authors

Guadalupe Marquez-Velarde, Utah State UniversityFollow
Nicole E. Jones, University of Florida
Verna M. Keith, University of Alabama Birmingham

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

SSM - Population Health

Publication Date

10-30-2019

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd

Volume

10

First Page

1

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Last Page

8

Abstract

How do Mexicans of distinct racial backgrounds fit into the recognized patterns of racial health disparities? We conduct regression analyses using data from the 2000-2017 National Health Interview Survey to determine if Mexicans who self-identify as White or Black have a relative advantage or disadvantage in self-rated health in relation to Non-Hispanic (NH) Whites and Blacks in the U.S. Our results indicate that both Black Mexicans and White Mexicans have a significant disadvantage in relation to NH-Whites while White Mexicans have a slight advantage in relation to both NH-Blacks and Black Mexicans. Overall, our results suggest that studying health outcomes among Hispanics without considering race may mask inequalities not observed in the aggregate.

Recommended Citation

Guadalupe Marquez-Velarde, Nicole E. Jones, Verna M. Keith, Racial stratification in self-rated health among Black Mexicans and White Mexicans, SSM - Population Health, Volume 10, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100509.