@article{c04caf2dd7224029b6d3744e46edd963,
title = "Self-rated health among multiracial young adults in the United States: findings from the add health study",
abstract = "Objective: The multiracial adult population is one of the fastest growing segments of the U.S. population, yet much remains to be learned about multiracial health. Considerable research finds racial/ethnic disparities in self-rated health, however subgroups within the multiracial population have not been consistently described. Design: We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health) and multivariate logistic regression analyses to compare self-rated health of multiracial and monoracial young adults (n = 7880). Results: Overall, there were no significant differences in poor self-rated health status of multiracial adults as a single group odds ratio 0.84 (95\% CI: 0.52–1.36) compared to monoracial White adults. Analyses further revealed important variations in health-status by specific subgroups and show that some multiracial subgroups may not fit existing patterns of health disparities. For instance, Asian-White multiracial adults do not fit documented patterns of health disparities and report better health than monoracial Asian and monoracial White adults. Conclusion: This study illustrates that the inclusion of specific multiracial categories provides evidence to enhance understanding of the pathways that are linked to health outcomes and the implications for health disparities.",
keywords = "Self-rated health, add health, mixed race, multiracial, odds ratios, young adult",
author = "Tabb, \{Karen M.\} and Gavin, \{Amelia R.\} and Smith, \{Douglas C.\} and Hsiang Huang",
note = "This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. No direct support was received from grant P01-HD31921 for this analysis. Partial support for this research came from a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development research infrastructure [grant number R24 HD042828], to the Center for Studies in Demography \& Ecology at the University of Washington. KT received support from the Magnuson Health Scholars Award, the Bank of America Endowed Minority Fellowship and Fogarty Global Health Leaders program grant number 5R25TW007490-02. AG received support from grant number 1KL2RR025015-01 from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. DS received support from grant number K23AA017702 from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and grant number TI026046 from the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration. HH received support from grant number T32 MH20021-1414 from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Fulbright Scientific Mobility Program. The funders had not direct support in the data analysis, interpretation of results, or writing of the manuscript.",
year = "2019",
month = jul,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1080/13557858.2017.1346175",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "24",
pages = "495--511",
journal = "Ethnicity and Health",
issn = "1355-7858",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "5",
}