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Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas

To compare African American (AA) and non-Hispanic White men living in same residential areas for the associations between educational attainment and household income with perceived discrimination (PD). The National Survey of American Life (NSAL), a nationally representative study, included 1643 men...

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Autores principales: Assari, Shervin, Cochran, Susan D., Mays, Vickie M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800177
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052706
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description To compare African American (AA) and non-Hispanic White men living in same residential areas for the associations between educational attainment and household income with perceived discrimination (PD). The National Survey of American Life (NSAL), a nationally representative study, included 1643 men who were either African American (n = 1271) or non-Hispanic White (n = 372). We compared the associations between the two race groups using linear regression. In the total sample, high household income was significantly associated with lower levels of PD. There were interactions between race and household income, suggesting that the association between household income and PD significantly differs for African American and non-Hispanic White men. For non-Hispanic White men, household income was inversely associated with PD. For African American men, however, household income was not related to PD. While higher income offers greater protection for non-Hispanic White men against PD, African American men perceive higher levels of discrimination compared to White males, regardless of income levels. Understanding the role this similar but unequal experience plays in the physical and mental health of African American men is worth exploring. Additionally, developing an enhanced understanding of the drivers for high-income African American men’s cognitive appraisal of discrimination may be useful in anticipating and addressing the health impacts of that discrimination. Equally important to discerning how social determinants work in high-income African American men’s physical and mental health may be investigating the impact of the mental health and wellbeing of deferment based on perceived discrimination of dreams and aspirations associated with achieving high levels of education and income attainment of Black men.
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spelling pubmed-79674232021-03-18 Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas Assari, Shervin Cochran, Susan D. Mays, Vickie M. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article To compare African American (AA) and non-Hispanic White men living in same residential areas for the associations between educational attainment and household income with perceived discrimination (PD). The National Survey of American Life (NSAL), a nationally representative study, included 1643 men who were either African American (n = 1271) or non-Hispanic White (n = 372). We compared the associations between the two race groups using linear regression. In the total sample, high household income was significantly associated with lower levels of PD. There were interactions between race and household income, suggesting that the association between household income and PD significantly differs for African American and non-Hispanic White men. For non-Hispanic White men, household income was inversely associated with PD. For African American men, however, household income was not related to PD. While higher income offers greater protection for non-Hispanic White men against PD, African American men perceive higher levels of discrimination compared to White males, regardless of income levels. Understanding the role this similar but unequal experience plays in the physical and mental health of African American men is worth exploring. Additionally, developing an enhanced understanding of the drivers for high-income African American men’s cognitive appraisal of discrimination may be useful in anticipating and addressing the health impacts of that discrimination. Equally important to discerning how social determinants work in high-income African American men’s physical and mental health may be investigating the impact of the mental health and wellbeing of deferment based on perceived discrimination of dreams and aspirations associated with achieving high levels of education and income attainment of Black men. MDPI 2021-03-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7967423/ /pubmed/33800177 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052706 Text en © 2021 by the authors. 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/).
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Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas
title Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas
title_full Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas
title_fullStr Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas
title_full_unstemmed Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas
title_short Money Protects White but Not African American Men against Discrimination: Comparison of African American and White Men in the Same Geographic Areas
title_sort money protects white but not african american men against discrimination: comparison of african american and white men in the same geographic areas
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800177
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052706
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