Beyond Net Worth: Racial Differences in Wealth Portfolios and Black–White Health Inequality across the Life Course

Boen, Courtney; Keister, Lisa A.; Aronson, Brian

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“…Falling participation in labor unions has been linked to rising mortality rates from suicide and drug overdose [ 74 ]. Structural racism—as manifest by racial gaps in economic opportunity, racial gaps in wealth, racial segregation, and risk of incarceration—have also been negatively associated with a range of health outcomes, particularly for Black Americans [ 60 , 75 – 77 ].…”

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Economic influences on population health in the United States: Toward policymaking driven by data and evidence

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• The United States is in the midst of a 40-year-long population health crisis. Life expectancy has declined since 2014, an unprecedented event that has followed on the heels of a decades-long slowing in secular gains in longevity in the US relative to peer countries. These adverse population health trends appear to be primarily driven by worsening health among working-age individuals of lower socioeconomic status. • A growing body of research suggests that worsening economic outcomes-e.g., fading employment opportunities and increasing economic insecurity-may be a primary causal driver of adverse health trends among low-income and less-educated workingage US residents.

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“…We consider personal earnings, household income, net worth, housing wealth, vehicle wealth, financial wealth, and indebtedness. A growing body of research provides evidence that these economic resources, as well as gains and losses in these resources, can have independent relationships with health (Boen, Keister, & Aronson, 2020; Boen & Yang, 2016; Wolfe et al, 2019). Below, we discuss in greater detail how different economic resources may explain the association between divorce and survival among older women.…”

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Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival among Older Black and White Women

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Thomeer

2020

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This study identifies which midlife economic resources reduce the association between divorce and mortality risk among older Black and White women.Background: Despite evidence that divorce increases mortality risk due to economic losses, research has not established which among several common economic resources related to divorce are most important for older women's survival. There is also relatively little research on why marital inequalities in mortality are smaller among older Black women. Drawing from diverse areas of scholarship, we hypothesize that group differences in multiple economic resources explain this finding. Method: Fractional logistic regression andGompertz proportional hazards models were estimated with data from the 668; nlsinfo.org) to examine the associations between divorce, economic resources, and mortality among older Black and White women (born 1923-1937).Results: Divorced White women had significantly less housing and financial wealth than their continuously married counterparts, and Both Black and White divorcées had less vehicle wealth and higher probabilities of indebtedness. With respect to survival, net worth and housing wealth accounted for the largest reductions in marital and racial differences in survival. Conclusion:Findings suggest that wealth-home wealth in particular-is key to understanding the greater longevity of married White women compared to Black women and divorced White women. Interventions aimed at reducing health disparities must first address the social practices creating economic inequalities.Divorced adults generally have shorter life expectancies than their married counterparts (Liu 2009, Rendall, Weden et al. 2011, Sbarra, Law et al. 2011, and a large body of multidisciplinary research has made progress in identifying the specific behavioral, psychological, and biological mechanisms that help explain the association between divorce and mortality risk (e.g.,

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“…We consider personal earnings, household income, net worth, housing wealth, vehicle wealth, financial wealth, and indebtedness. A growing body of research provides evidence that these economic resources, as well as gains and losses in these resources, can have independent relationships with health (Boen and Yang 2016, Wolfe, Baker et al 2019, Boen, Keister et al 2020. Below, we discuss in greater detail how different economic resources may explain the association between divorce and survival among older women.…”

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Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival Among Older Black and White Women

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2020

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Objective: This study identifies which midlife economic resources reduce the association between divorce and mortality risk among older Black and White women. Background: Despite evidence that divorce reduces longevity due to economic losses, research has not established which among several common economic resources related to divorce are most important for older women’s survival. There is also relatively little research on why marital inequalities in mortality are smaller among older Black women. Drawing from diverse areas of scholarship, we hypothesize that group differences in multiple economic resources explain this finding. Method: Fractional logistic regression and Gompertz proportional hazards models were estimated with data from the NLS-MW (N=4,668; nlsinfo.org) to examine the associations between divorce, economic resources, and mortality among older Black and White women (born 1923-1937). Results: Divorced White women had significantly less housing and financial wealth than their continuously married counterparts, and Both Black and White divorcées had less vehicle wealth and higher probabilities of indebtedness. With respect to survival, net worth and housing wealth accounted for the largest reductions in marital and racial differences in survival. Conclusion: Findings suggest that wealth—home wealth in particular—is key to understanding the greater longevity of married White women compared to Black women and divorced White women. Interventions aimed at reducing health disparities must first address the social practices creating economic inequalities.

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Beyond Net Worth: Racial Differences in Wealth Portfolios and Black–White Health Inequality across the Life Course

Cited by 70 publications

References 66 publications

Economic influences on population health in the United States: Toward policymaking driven by data and evidence

Economic influences on population health in the United States: Toward policymaking driven by data and evidence

Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival among Older Black and White Women

Divorce, Economic Resources, and Survival Among Older Black and White Women

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