2019
DOI: 10.3390/dj7040097
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Educational Attainment and Self-Rated Oral Health among American Older Adults: Hispanics’ Diminished Returns

Abstract: Background: Minorities’ diminished returns (MDRs) refer to systemically weaker effects of socioeconomic status (SES), particularly educational attainment, on the health of non-Whites compared to Whites. Aim: Using a nationally representative sample, we aimed to investigate ethnic differences in the effect of SES (educational attainment) on the self-rated oral health of Hispanic older adults in the US. Methods: This study analyzed the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging (UM-NPHA) 2017 data, wh… Show more

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“…As education is more distal than employment, and due to labor market discrimination, education may generate worse employment and occupations for non-Hispanic Blacks than for non-Hispanic Whites; the MDRs of education may be due in part to MDRs of employment. Previous work has also shown diminished health returns of employment [32] for substance use and life expectancy for non-Hispanic Blacks [59] and Hispanics [54,65].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As education is more distal than employment, and due to labor market discrimination, education may generate worse employment and occupations for non-Hispanic Blacks than for non-Hispanic Whites; the MDRs of education may be due in part to MDRs of employment. Previous work has also shown diminished health returns of employment [32] for substance use and life expectancy for non-Hispanic Blacks [59] and Hispanics [54,65].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…12,13 Low educational attainment is positively correlated with poor oral health awareness. 14 Poverty and low educational attainment are more likely to predispose individuals to oral health-compromising behaviours like poor uptake of preventive oral health care. 12,14 A consequence of poor oral health service delivery systems is restricted access to oral health care especially preventive oral health care.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…14 Poverty and low educational attainment are more likely to predispose individuals to oral health-compromising behaviours like poor uptake of preventive oral health care. 12,14 A consequence of poor oral health service delivery systems is restricted access to oral health care especially preventive oral health care. 12 Hence, populations characterized by poverty and poor oral health service delivery systems are vulnerable to suboptimal oral health.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Whether these diminished returns of education on various health outcomes remain in middle-aged and older adults and whether these patterns remain the same over a long period are still unclear [31]. Most of this literature is on the comparison of non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks, and less is known about comparisons between Hispanics and non-Hispanics [32][33][34]. Moreover, almost nothing is known on how Hispanic and non-Hispanic older adults vary in the long-term effects of education on the burden of depressive symptoms.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%