Journal article
Sex and Race Disparities in Health: Cohort Variations in Life Course Patterns
Abstract
This study assesses changes in sex and race disparities in health over the life course and across cohorts by conducting growth curve analyses of nationally representative longitudinal data that spans 15 years. It finds that changes in disparities in depressive symptoms, disability and self-assessments of health across the life course are cohort-related phenomena: (1. there is significant inter-cohort heterogeneity in health trajectories; (2. …
Authors
Yang Y; Lee LC
Journal
Social Forces, Vol. 87, No. 4, pp. 2093–2124
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
June 1, 2009
DOI
10.1353/sof.0.0183
ISSN
0037-7732