The effect of racial discrimination on mental and physical health: A propensity score weighting approach

Shanting Chen and Allen B. Mallory

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 285, issue C

Abstract: The preponderance of research documents the negative consequences of racial discrimination for the mental and physical well-being across several racial/ethnic groups including Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. Despite this large body of research, few studies have attempted to evaluate racial discrimination as a casual factor of worse health among racial minority groups. The current study utilized nationally representative data to estimate the causal effect of racial discrimination on cardiovascular disease (CVD), self-rated physical health (SRH), body mass index (BMI), depression disorder, and substance use disorder. In addition, we examined whether the effect of racial discrimination on health was moderated by socio-demographic characteristics (i.e., age, race/ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, marital status, geographic location, and health insurance coverage).

Keywords: Propensity score weighting; Nationally representative; Racial discrimination; BMI; Self-rated health; Substance use disorder; Depression disorder; Cardiovascular disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114308

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