The Role of Residential Segregation in Explaining Racial Gaps in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity

Autor/in	Ryabov, Igor
Titel	The Role of Residential Segregation in Explaining Racial Gaps in Childhood and Adolescent Obesity
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 50 (2018) 4, S.485-505 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X15607165
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Obesity; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Diseases; Family Structure; Family Influence; Genetics; Socioeconomic Status; Predictor Variables; Children; Body Weight; Child Health; Longitudinal Studies; Place of Residence; Racial Segregation; Regression (Statistics); Parent Background; Educational Attainment; Family Income; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Statistical Analysis; Multivariate Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Adipositas; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Disease; Krankheit; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Humangenetik; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Prädiktor; Child; Kind; Kinder; Körpergewicht; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Wohnort; Rassentrennung; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Elternhaus; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Familieneinkommen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Statistische Analyse; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	The present study used nationally representative data from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) merged with census-track data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to model race-ethnic disparities in overweight, obesity, and obesity-related disease among children and adolescents as a function of neighborhood race-ethnic segregation, socio-economic status, household size and structure, family history of obesity, and other important predictors. Results indicate that African American and Hispanic children and adolescents are more likely to suffer from obesity and obesity-related disease than their non-Hispanic White peers. We also found that race-ethnic segregation proxied by the Index of Dissimilarity has a strong and negative effect on the weight status and health outcomes mentioned above. Moreover, race-ethnic segregation appears to explain up to 20% of the difference between minority children and their non-Hispanic White peers in the prevalence rate of overweight, obesity, and obesity-related disease. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01