Ability of ethnic self-identification to partition modifiable health risk among US residents of Mexican ancestry

S.D. Barger and L.C. Gallo

American Journal of Public Health, 2008, vol. 98, issue 11, 1971-1978

Abstract: Objectives. We examined the relationship between ethnic self-identification and the partitioning of health risk within a Mexican American population. Methods. We combined data from the 2000 to 2002 National Health Interview Surveys to obtain a large (N=10044) sample of US residents of Mexican ancestry. We evaluated health risk, defined as self-reported currents moking, overweight, and obesity, and compared the predictive strength of health risk correlates across self-identified Mexican and Mexican American participants. Results. Self-identified Mexican participants were less likely to smoke (odds ratio [OR]=0.70; 95% confidence interval[CI] = 0.60, 0.83; P

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122754

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