title: The Enhanced Self-Reported Health Outcome Observed in Hispanics/Latinos Who are Socially-Assigned as White is Dependent on Nativity.
abstract: A growing body of research seeks to conceptualize race as a multi-dimensional construct, attempting to move beyond a dummy variable approach to study social disparities. This research uses 'socially-assigned race', 'ascribed race', or 'what race others think you are' as opposed to self-identified race to assess self-rated health status among a representative study of the Latino population (n = 1,200). Our analysis shows how important the lived experience of Latinos and Hispanics (as measured by ascribed race and a host of control variables, including nativity and national origin) is on self-reported health. Using a series of logistic regressions, we find support for the 'white advantage' in Latino health status that is suggested in the literature, but this finding is sensitive to nativity, citizenship, and national origin. This research informs the study of racial and ethnic disparities, providing a detailed explanation for the 'white health advantage' finding within the socially-assigned race and health disparities literature.
authors.affiliation: Center for Women's Health and Health Disparities Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 310 N. Midvale Blvd, Suite 201, Madison, WI, 53705, USA. edward.vargas@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Edward D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico, MSC02 1645, 1 University of New Mexico, 1909 Las Lomas NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA. sanchezg@unm.edu.
authors.forename: Gabriel R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr., Boulevard Nashville, TN, 37208, USA. bkinlock07@email.mmc.edu.|School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Jr., Boulevard Nashville, TN, 37208, USA. bkinlock07@email.mmc.edu.
authors.forename: Ballington L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Kinlock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000592:standards*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report / Q000592:standards*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Ascribed race; Citizenship; Health disparities; Nativity; Socially assigned race