Using data from the children of National Longitudinal Survey Youth 1979 cohort, spanning 1986 to 2014, we investigated whether White, Black, and Hispanic whose parents had same wealth, measured as net worth, have equal math reading achievement trajectories age five through fourteen. Black often significantly worse scores than same-wealth Whites. We also found racial variation, disadvantage Blac...

Abstract The size and especially the growth of Latino population in United States are associated with anti-Latino anti-immigrant attitudes. Findings from a recent line experimental work suggest that may also be Whites’ anti-Black Racial status threat could account for this association if Whites view as potential challenge to their within multi-group system includes Blacks. Alternatively, or add...

This paper employs the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth in the US to study the birth process. We develop a simultaneous equations model with seven endogenous variables: four birth inputs (maternal smoking, maternal drinking, first trimester prenatal care, and maternal weight gain), three birth outputs (gestational age, birth length, and birth weight), and twenty-four exogenous variables. T...

We previously reported that the metabolism of cotinine, the proximate metabolite of nicotine, is significantly slower in black than in white cigarette smokers. To understand why the metabolism of nicotine and cotinine might differ between blacks and whites, we studied the pattern of nicotine metabolism in blacks and whites. One hundred eight healthy smokers (51 blacks and 57 whites), of similar...

INTRODUCTION Although multiple factors likely influence the differences between African Americans (AAs) and whites in cardiovascular disease and lung cancer mortality rates, historical patterns of tobacco use, particularly cigarette smoking, are the major contributors. This issue of Nicotine & Tobacco Research presents original research, a review, and commentaries that will serve to advance our...

OBJECTIVE To compare body-mass index (BMI)-related mortality risk in U.S. Blacks vs. Whites as the relationship appears to differ across race/ethnicity groups. METHODS Cross-sectional surveys of nationally representative samples of 11,934 Blacks and 59,741 Whites aged 35-75 in the National Health Interview Survey from 1997 to 2002 with no history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or cancer were...

In the early years of the Medicare program, proportionally more whites than non-whites among the aged used Medicare services. This article examines the use and reimbursement of Medicare services by the aged between 1967 and 1976 to determine if racial differences still exist. To do so, three measures are studied. The first, the number of persons reimbursed for Medicare service per 1,000 enrolle...

On average, whites and blacks differ in their response to specific antihypertensive drugs. These differences are often highlighted in reviews and practice guidelines. However, there is wide variation in drug-associated changes in blood pressure within each race. The goal of this meta-analysis is to quantitate how often whites and blacks have similar responses to specific antihypertensive drugs....

Abstract As racialized and gendered structures, organizations can reinforce complex inequalities, especially with regard to emotional labor. While the literature on labor is established, little known about how race sexual orientation shape feeling rule enforcement. Interviewing staff at university LGBTQ resource centers, we argue that rules have a orientation-based dimension are experienced enf...

BACKGROUND The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale is one of the most widely used tools to measure depressive symptoms in epidemiological studies. Given the importance of cross-racial measurement equivalence of the CES-D scale for research, we performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the 12-item CES-D in a nationally representative sample of Black and White adults i...