ADOLESCENT HEALTH: 1966-1970. THE ROLE OF INCOME, RACE, FAMILY BACKGROUND AND PREVENTIVE CARE.
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Title
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ADOLESCENT HEALTH: 1966-1970. THE ROLE OF INCOME, RACE, FAMILY BACKGROUND AND PREVENTIVE CARE.
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Identifier
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AAI8423101
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identifier
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8423101
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Creator
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SAUERACKER, EDWARD GEORGE.
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Contributor
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Michael Grossman
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Economics, General | Sociology, Public and Social Welfare | Black Studies
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Abstract
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This study explores income and race differences in nine measures of health and two preventive care measures of adolescents aged 12 to 17 years during the late 1960s. Initially the findings reveal that blacks have lower health and do not take advantage of preventive care. But when one accounts for differences in socioeconomic characteristics, the differences are substantially lower, though they do not disappear. In the case of pediatric care, black youths, holding the socioeconomic characteristics constant, would be more likely to avail themselves of preventive care than would whites.;Income is also analyzed. White youths from low income families are more likely to show deficient health. They are also less likely to get a yearly preventive oral and physical check-up. Income differences are greatly diminished when socioeconomic characteristics are held constant. The black subsample reveals that low income blacks have lower health, as measured by the parental assessment, when compared to blacks of higher income. This difference also declines when the socioeconomic variables are included.;Another objective is to examine selected family characteristics and the health of white adolescents. The partial effect of income is small and, in most cases insignificant, and is dominated by other characteristics. In most cases, children of more highly educted parents are healthier. Preventive care has an important impact on improving oral health, but is not an effective means of bettering the physical health of the adolescent. The mother's labor force status and family size have small effects on health. These results are important in light of the increasing labor force participation rate of women with children, and the trend toward families of smaller size.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Economics
