title: Race-ethnicity and poverty after spinal cord injury.
abstract: METHODS
  Secondary analysis of existing data.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Our objective was to examine the relationship between race-ethnicity and poverty status after spinal cord injury (SCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  A large specialty hospital in the southeastern United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were 2043 adults with traumatic SCI in the US. Poverty status was measured using criteria from the US Census Bureau.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Whereas only 14% of non-Hispanic White participants were below the poverty level, 41.3% of non-Hispanic Blacks were in poverty. Logistic regression with three different models identified several significant predictors of poverty, including marital status, years of education, level of education, age and employment status. Non-Hispanic Blacks had 2.75 greater odds of living in poverty after controlling for other factors, including education and employment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We may need to consider quality of education and employment to better understand the elevated risk of poverty among non-Hispanic Blacks in the US.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Dismuke
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Acuna
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Counseling Program, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sligh-Conway
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Counseling Program, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Washington
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences and Research, College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D044469:Racial Groups; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015144:Southeastern United States; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology*; D044465:White People; D055815:Young Adult