title: Racial Disparities in Functional Limitations Among Hispanic Women in the United States.
abstract: This article assesses whether there are race differences in functional health among Hispanic women in the United States; ascertains whether the race differences in functional health vary by age; and examines the extent to which race differences in functional health are attributable to key dimensions of demographic, geographic, and socioeconomic heterogeneity. The analysis is based on 15 years of aggregated data from the National Health Interview Survey. Both U.S.- and foreign-born Black and other race Hispanic women display a higher level of functional limitations than their White Hispanic counterparts. There is little evidence that such health differences widen with age. U.S.-born Black Hispanic women, however, suffer from a high burden of functional limitations across the adult age range. This research speaks to the need for greater attention to racial differences in health among Hispanics and particularly so within the U.S.-born segment of this rapidly aging population.
authors.affiliation: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA HHS Office of Minority Health and the National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD, USA jchinn@cdc.gov.
authors.forename: Juanita J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chinn
authors.affiliation: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hummer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000208:ethnology*; D044383:Black People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult; D001741:Black or African American
keywords: Hispanics; functional limitations; health disparities; nativity; race; weathering