Educational Parity, Health Disparities: Differential Health Returns to Education by Race/Ethnicity in Young Adulthood
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13546531362021-08-03T06:06:47Z Educational Parity, Health Disparities: Differential Health Returns to Education by Race/Ethnicity in Young Adulthood Jones, DeShauna D. Education Epidemiology Health Sociology health disparities health returns education health obesity hypertension self-rated health obesity AddHealth Empirical evidence has repeatedly demonstrated that higher levels of educational attainment are associated with lower levels of morbidity and mortality (Conti, Heckman and Urzua 2010; Cutler and Lleras-Muney 2006; Elo and Preston 1996). The improvements in health associated with higher levels of educational attainment are called “health returns to education”. It is also well documented that health returns to education vary significantly across racial/ethnic groups (Crimmins and Saito 2001; Ferraro and Farmer 2005; Masters, Hummer and Power 2011), although most of this literature focuses on middle-aged and older adults. Scholars have recently advocated for an investigation of mechanisms that contribute to these differential returns by assessing living and learning conditions earlier in the life course (Ferraro and Farmer 2005; Hayward et al 2000). Using multiple waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), I assess whether there are racial/ethnic health returns to education for self-rated health, obesity and hypertension during the transition from adolescence to young adulthood. I also assess whether living and learning conditions significantly contribute to racial/ethnic disparities in health returns to education. I find differential health returns to education by race/ethnicity for all health indicators, although the extent and direction of the return varies by race/ethnic group and indicator. I also find that living and learning conditions in adolescence contribute to widening racial/ethnic disparities in health returns for self-rated health, obesity and hypertension while living conditions in young adulthood narrow racial/ethnic disparities in health returns to education for self-rated health and obesity. This research highlights the need to investigate why processes linking living and learning conditions to health returns to education vary across race/ethnicity and health outcome. It also provides guidance to policymakers on how education policy can be used ass as health policy to improve population health. 2012-12-20 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354653136 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354653136 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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educational parity, health disparities: differential health returns to education by race/ethnicity in young adulthood |
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