OBJECTIVES: This study compared the health and risk status of adolescents who identify with 1 race with those identifying with more than 1 race. METHODS: Data are derived from self-reports of race, using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), which provides a large representative national sample of adolescents in grades 7 through 12. Respondents could report more than 1 race. RESULTS: Mixed-race adolescents showed higher risk when compared with single-race adolescents on general health questions, school experience, smoking and drinking, and other risk variables. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents who self-identify as more than 1 race are at higher health and behavior risks. The findings are compatible with interpreting the elevated risk of mixed race as associated with stress.
OBJECTIVES: This study compared the health and risk status of adolescents who identify with 1 race with those identifying with more than 1 race. METHODS: Data are derived from self-reports of race, using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), which provides a large representative national sample of adolescents in grades 7 through 12. Respondents could report more than 1 race. RESULTS: Mixed-race adolescents showed higher risk when compared with single-race adolescents on general health questions, school experience, smoking and drinking, and other risk variables. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents who self-identify as more than 1 race are at higher health and behavior risks. The findings are compatible with interpreting the elevated risk of mixed race as associated with stress.
Authors: Kathleen Mullan Harris; Carolyn Tucker Halpern; Eric A Whitsel; Jon M Hussey; Ley A Killeya-Jones; Joyce Tabor; Sarah C Dean Journal: Int J Epidemiol Date: 2019-10-01 Impact factor: 7.196
Authors: Laura E Britton; Jon M Hussey; Jamie L Crandell; Diane C Berry; Jada L Brooks; Amy G Bryant Journal: J Womens Health (Larchmt) Date: 2018-05-14 Impact factor: 2.681