Abstract
This study examines racial/ethnic disparities in self-rated health and their underlying social bases. Using a series of nested models and data on 24,767 individuals from the 2000 Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey (Roper Center 2006), we assess initial differences among blacks, Latinos, and Asians in terms of their likelihood of reporting diminished health relative to whites. Subsequent models disaggregate Latino and Asian respondents by citizenship status and incorporate the traditional intervening factors of linguistic isolation and experience with discrimination. We then assess the respective roles of socioeconomic status (SES) and social trust in explaining racial/ethnic effects. Our findings point to important mediating roles for both SES and social trust, though their roles vary in importance across groups.
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