title: Subjective Social Status and Self-Reported Health Among US-born and Immigrant Latinos.
abstract: Subjective social status is associated with a range of health outcomes. Few studies have tested the relevance of subjective social status among Latinos in the U.S.; those that have yielded mixed results. Data come from the Latino subsample of the 2003 National Latino and Asian American Study (N = 2554). Regression models adjusted for socioeconomic and demographic factors. Stratified analyses tested whether nativity status modifies the effect of subjective social status on health. Subjective social status was associated with better health. Income and education mattered more for health than subjective social status among U.S.-born Latinos. However, the picture was mixed among immigrant Latinos, with subjective social status more strongly predictive than income but less so than education. Subjective social status may tap into stressful immigrant experiences that affect one's perceived self-worth and capture psychosocial consequences and social disadvantage left out by conventional socioeconomic measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, USA. Jeremiah.Garza@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jeremiah R
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1807-4289
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Garza
authors.affiliation: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Glenn
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Rashmita S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, USA.|Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ninez A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ponce
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Box 951772, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, USA.
authors.forename: Frederick J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057566:Self Report; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Latino; Self-rated health; Socioeconomic status; Subjective social status; USA