title: Examining the Impact of Maternal Health, Race, and Socioeconomic Status on Daughter's Self-Rated Health Over Three Decades.
abstract: This study examines the role of mother's health and socioeconomic status on daughter's self-rated health using data spanning three decades from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Mature Women and Young Women (N = 1,848 matched mother-daughter pairs; 1,201 White and 647 African American). Using nested growth curve models, we investigated whether mother's self-rated health affected the daughter's self-rated health and whether socioeconomic status mediated this relationship. Mother's health significantly influenced daughters' self-rated health, but the findings were mediated by mother's socioeconomic status. African American daughters reported lower self-rated health and experienced more decline over time compared with White daughters, accounting for mother's and daughter's covariates. Our findings reveal maternal health and resources as a significant predictor of daughters' self-rated health and confirm the role of socioeconomic status and racial disparities over time.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, MN, USA tshippee@umn.edu.
authors.forename: Tetyana P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Shippee
authors.affiliation: National Opinion Research Center (NORC), Bethesda, MD.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rowan
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Kamesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sivagnanam
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, MN, USA.
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Oakes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D009035:Mothers; D012923:Social Class; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016387:Women's Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: cumulative inequality; disadvantage; intergenerational; racial inequality; resources; self-rated health; socioeconomic status; stratification