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Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites
Background. An extensive body of knowledge has documented weaker health effects of socio-economic status (SES) for Blacks compared to Whites, a phenomenon also known as Blacks’ diminished return. It is, however, unknown whether the same diminished return also holds for other ethnic minorities such a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6023433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29695074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj6020011 |
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description | Background. An extensive body of knowledge has documented weaker health effects of socio-economic status (SES) for Blacks compared to Whites, a phenomenon also known as Blacks’ diminished return. It is, however, unknown whether the same diminished return also holds for other ethnic minorities such as Hispanics or not. Aim. Using a nationally representative sample, the current study aimed to compare Non-Hispanic and Hispanic Whites for the effects of SES on self-rated oral health. Methods. For the current cross-sectional study, we used data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), 2001–2003. With a nationally representative sampling, CPES included 11,207 adults who were either non-Hispanic Whites (n = 7587) or Hispanic Whites (n = 3620. The dependent variable was self-rated oral health, treated as dichotomous measure. Independent variables were education, income, employment, and marital status. Ethnicity was the focal moderator. Age and gender were covariates. Logistic regressions were used for data analysis. Results. Education, income, employment, and marital status were associated with oral health in the pooled sample. Although education, income, employment, and marital status were associated with oral health in non-Hispanic Whites, none of these associations were found for Hispanic Whites. Conclusion. In a similar pattern to Blacks’ diminished return, differential gain of SES indicators exists between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Whites, with a disadvantage for Hispanic Whites. Diminished return of SES should be regarded as a systemically neglected contributing mechanism behind ethnic oral health disparities in the United States. Replication of Blacks’ diminished return for Hispanics suggests that these processes are not specific to ethnic minority groups, and non-White groups gain less because they are not enjoying the privilege and advantage of Whites. |
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spelling | pubmed-60234332018-07-03 Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites Assari, Shervin Dent J (Basel) Article Background. An extensive body of knowledge has documented weaker health effects of socio-economic status (SES) for Blacks compared to Whites, a phenomenon also known as Blacks’ diminished return. It is, however, unknown whether the same diminished return also holds for other ethnic minorities such as Hispanics or not. Aim. Using a nationally representative sample, the current study aimed to compare Non-Hispanic and Hispanic Whites for the effects of SES on self-rated oral health. Methods. For the current cross-sectional study, we used data from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), 2001–2003. With a nationally representative sampling, CPES included 11,207 adults who were either non-Hispanic Whites (n = 7587) or Hispanic Whites (n = 3620. The dependent variable was self-rated oral health, treated as dichotomous measure. Independent variables were education, income, employment, and marital status. Ethnicity was the focal moderator. Age and gender were covariates. Logistic regressions were used for data analysis. Results. Education, income, employment, and marital status were associated with oral health in the pooled sample. Although education, income, employment, and marital status were associated with oral health in non-Hispanic Whites, none of these associations were found for Hispanic Whites. Conclusion. In a similar pattern to Blacks’ diminished return, differential gain of SES indicators exists between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Whites, with a disadvantage for Hispanic Whites. Diminished return of SES should be regarded as a systemically neglected contributing mechanism behind ethnic oral health disparities in the United States. Replication of Blacks’ diminished return for Hispanics suggests that these processes are not specific to ethnic minority groups, and non-White groups gain less because they are not enjoying the privilege and advantage of Whites. MDPI 2018-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6023433/ /pubmed/29695074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj6020011 Text en © 2018 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Assari, Shervin Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites |
title | Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites |
title_full | Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites |
title_fullStr | Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites |
title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites |
title_short | Socioeconomic Status and Self-Rated Oral Health; Diminished Return among Hispanic Whites |
title_sort | socioeconomic status and self-rated oral health; diminished return among hispanic whites |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6023433/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29695074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/dj6020011 |
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