Citation
Bond Huie, Stephanie A.; Krueger, Patrick M.; Rogers, Richard G.; & Hummer, Robert A. (2003). Wealth, Race, and Mortality. Social Science Quarterly, 84(3), 667-684.Abstract
Objective: We explore, first, whether wealth relates to mortality risk independent of income and education, and second, whether wealth closes the black-white gap in U.S. adult mortality while controlling for other socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors.Methods: We employ the Cox proportional hazards models on data from the 1992 wave of the Health and Retirement Study linked to deaths through 1998, to analyze pre-retirement adult mortality in the United States.
Results: The findings suggest that broader measures of SES, including wealth, are significant for understanding adult mortality. Further, vastly lower asset holdings among blacks, compared to whites, not only affects their financial well-being but also their survival prospects.
Conclusions: Research and social policies that aim to understand and close health disparities in the United States may be poorly conceived if they ignore the impact of wealth on premature adult mortality.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1540-6237.8403011Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2003Journal Title
Social Science QuarterlyAuthor(s)
Bond Huie, Stephanie A.Krueger, Patrick M.
Rogers, Richard G.
Hummer, Robert A.