Living race together: the role of partner's race in racial/ethnic differences in smoking

Interracial unions and sleep duration among heterosexual American adults

“…Because the prevalence of health behaviors, like smoking, vary across racial/ethnic groups, we expect that partner’ race/ethnicity might also influence individual health behaviors. For instance, recent work has documented how White adults partnered with Hispanic adults smoke less, mirroring the better health behaviors of their Hispanic partners ( Bratter et al, 2020 ). Our analysis therefore accounts for health behaviors and measures of mental and physical health of individuals.…”