Job characteristics among working parents: differences by race, ethnicity, and nativity

Adolescent Survival Expectations: Variations by Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity.

Adolescent survival expectations are linked to a range of problem behaviors, poor health, and later socioeconomic disadvantage, yet scholars have not examined how survival expectations are differentially patterned by race, ethnicity, and/or nativity. This is a critical omission given that many risk factors for low survival expectations are themselves stratified by race and ethnicity. Using the ...

Race/ethnicity and nativity differences in alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy.

OBJECTIVES We examined race/ethnicity and nativity correlates of prenatal substance use. METHODS Using data on a nationally representative cohort of pregnant women in US cities (N=4185), we evaluated the relative importance of socioeconomic status, paternal health behaviors, social support, and maternal stress and health history in explaining variations in prenatal substance use by race/ethni...

Race/Ethnicity, nativity, and tobacco use among US young adults: results from a nationally representative survey.

INTRODUCTION A growing body of research documents racial/ethnic disparities in U.S. cigarette smoking. To date, however, few studies have examined the influence of nativity, in addition to race/ethnicity, on current and ever use of cigarettes as well as other tobacco products among young adults. Here, racial/ethnic and nativity disparities in tobacco use and self-identified smoking status are d...

Race/Ethnicity, Nativity, and Trends in Body Mass Index among U.S. Adults

Differences in prevalence of urinary incontinence by race/ethnicity.

PURPOSE We compared the prevalence of urinary incontinence by type among white, black, Hispanic and Asian-American women. MATERIALS AND METHODS The RRISK is a population based cohort study of 2,109 randomly selected middle-aged and older women. Incontinence and other variables were assessed by self-report questionnaires and in person interviews. Labor and delivery and surgical data were abstr...