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Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences
PURPOSE: Although the link between education and alcohol consumption is known, limited information exists on racial differences in this link. We conducted the current study to test Black–White differences in the association between education and alcohol consumption among older adults in the U.S. MET...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00067 |
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description | PURPOSE: Although the link between education and alcohol consumption is known, limited information exists on racial differences in this link. We conducted the current study to test Black–White differences in the association between education and alcohol consumption among older adults in the U.S. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey enrolled 1,493 Black (n = 734) and White (n = 759) older adults (age 66 or more) in U.S. Data came from the Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, 2001. Race, demographics, socioeconomics, and alcohol consumption were measured. Independent variable was education level. Outcome was alcohol consumption. Race was the focal moderator. Logistic regression was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Education was positively associated with ever drinking in the pooled sample. However, race interacted with education level on drinking, suggesting a smaller effect of education on drinking for Blacks compared to Whites. Among Whites, high-school graduation and college graduation were associated with increased odds of ever drinking, net of covariates. Among Blacks, high-school graduation, but not college graduation, was associated with ever drinking. CONCLUSION: Blacks and Whites differ in how socioeconomic status (i.e., education) shapes behaviors, especially health behaviors (i.e., drinking). How race modifies consequences and correlates of social determinants of health is not yet clear. College graduation may result in the same level of change to the social network and income of race group members. Weaker effect of education on health of Blacks may be due to the structural role of race and racism that has resulted in lower job availability and pay for Blacks. |
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spelling | pubmed-48386092016-05-04 Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences Assari, Shervin Lankarani, Maryam Moghani Front Public Health Public Health PURPOSE: Although the link between education and alcohol consumption is known, limited information exists on racial differences in this link. We conducted the current study to test Black–White differences in the association between education and alcohol consumption among older adults in the U.S. METHODS: This cross-sectional survey enrolled 1,493 Black (n = 734) and White (n = 759) older adults (age 66 or more) in U.S. Data came from the Religion, Aging, and Health Survey, 2001. Race, demographics, socioeconomics, and alcohol consumption were measured. Independent variable was education level. Outcome was alcohol consumption. Race was the focal moderator. Logistic regression was used for data analysis. RESULTS: Education was positively associated with ever drinking in the pooled sample. However, race interacted with education level on drinking, suggesting a smaller effect of education on drinking for Blacks compared to Whites. Among Whites, high-school graduation and college graduation were associated with increased odds of ever drinking, net of covariates. Among Blacks, high-school graduation, but not college graduation, was associated with ever drinking. CONCLUSION: Blacks and Whites differ in how socioeconomic status (i.e., education) shapes behaviors, especially health behaviors (i.e., drinking). How race modifies consequences and correlates of social determinants of health is not yet clear. College graduation may result in the same level of change to the social network and income of race group members. Weaker effect of education on health of Blacks may be due to the structural role of race and racism that has resulted in lower job availability and pay for Blacks. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4838609/ /pubmed/27148514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00067 Text en Copyright © 2016 Assari and Lankarani. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Assari, Shervin Lankarani, Maryam Moghani Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences |
title | Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences |
title_full | Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences |
title_fullStr | Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences |
title_full_unstemmed | Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences |
title_short | Education and Alcohol Consumption among Older Americans; Black–White Differences |
title_sort | education and alcohol consumption among older americans; black–white differences |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27148514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00067 |
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