title: Race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and the health of pregnant women.
abstract: We examined how traditional (income, education) and nontraditional (public assistance, material deprivation, subjective social standing) socioeconomic status (SES) indicators were associated with self-rated health, physical functioning, and depression in ethnically diverse pregnant women. Using multiple regression, we estimated the association of race/ethnicity (African American, Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander (PI) and white) and sets of SES measures on each health measure. Education, material deprivation, and subjective social standing were independently associated with all health measures. After adding all SES variables, race/ethnic disparities in depression remained for all minority groups; disparities in self-rated health remained for Asian/Pacific Islanders. Few race/ethnic differences were found in physical functioning. Our results contribute to a small literature on how SES might interact with race/ethnicity in explaining health.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA. anita.stewart@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Anita L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Mitzi L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Steven E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gregorich
authors.forename: Phyllis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brawarsky
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000208:ethnology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D011593:Psychology, Social; D012495:San Francisco; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D035862:Vulnerable Populations / Q000523:psychology