Health-wealth association among older Americans: Racial and ethnic differences.

A study was conducted to investigate the direction of association between health and wealth among elderly people and to examine how this association varied across racial and ethnic groups. Findings revealed a significant nonmonotonic association between health and wealth, and that the direction of...

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Publicado en:Social Work Research Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 105 - 117
Autor principal: Lum, Terry
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: National Association of Social Workers Jun2004
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Sumario:A study was conducted to investigate the direction of association between health and wealth among elderly people and to examine how this association varied across racial and ethnic groups. Findings revealed a significant nonmonotonic association between health and wealth, and that the direction of the association was from health to wealth, but not vice versa, and that race and ethnicity moderated the impact of health on wealth.