title: Day-to-day discrimination and health among Asian Indians: a population-based study of Gujarati men and women in Metropolitan Detroit.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between experiences of day-to-day discrimination and two measures of health among Gujaratis, one of the largest ethnic groups of Asian Indians in the U.S. Data were collected via computer-assisted telephone interviews with a random sample of Gujarati men and women aged 18-64 in Metropolitan Detroit (N = 423). Using structural equation modeling, we tested two gender-moderated models of the relationship between day-to-day discrimination and health, one using the single-item general health status and the other using the 4-item emotional wellbeing measure. For both women and men, controlling for socio-demographic and other relevant characteristics, the experience of day-to-day discrimination was associated with worse emotional wellbeing. However, day-to-day discrimination was associated with the single-item self-rated general health status only for men. This study identified not only gender differences in discrimination-health associations but also the importance of using multiple questions in assessing perceived health status.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106, USA. miekoy@umich.edu
authors.forename: Mieko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshihama
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bybee
authors.forename: Juliane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blazevski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008824:Michigan; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult