Racial/Ethnic Variation in Functional and Self-Reported Health

Using a national sample of 12,424 partnered women and 10,721 partnered men from the 2003-2006 American Time Use Survey, this article examines racial/ethnic variation in women’s and men’s housework time and its covariates. The ratio of women’s to men’s housework hours is greatest for Hispanics and Asians and smallest for Whites and Blacks. White and Hispanic women’s housework hours are associated with household composition and employment suggesting that the time availability perspective is a good predictor for these women, but may have less explanatory power for other race/ethnic groups of women. Relative resources also have explanatory power for White women’s housework time but are weak predictors for women of Other race/ethnicities. Time availability and relative resource measures show some association with White men’s housework time but are generally poor predictors among other race/ethnic groups of men, suggesting that traditional models of housework allocation do not “fit” all groups equally.

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How much would family and medical leave cost workers in the US? Racial/ethnic variation in economic hardship under unpaid and paid policies

Community Work & Family ◽

10.1080/13668803.2019.1704398 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-24 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Pamela Joshi ◽

Maura Baldiga ◽

Alison Earle ◽

Rebecca Huber ◽

Theresa Osypuk ◽

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Keyword(s):

Economic Hardship ◽

Ethnic Variation ◽

Medical Leave ◽

The Us ◽

Racial Ethnic

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Equality in Obstetrical Care: Racial/Ethnic Variation in Group B Streptococcus Screening

Maternal and Child Health Journal ◽

10.1007/s10995-010-0682-8 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 15 (8) ◽

pp. 1160-1165 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Allison S. Bryant ◽

Yvonne W. Cheng ◽

Aaron B. Caughey

Keyword(s):

Group B Streptococcus ◽

Ethnic Variation ◽

Obstetrical Care ◽

Group B ◽

Racial Ethnic

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Visualizing 20 Years of Racial-Ethnic Variation in Women’s Ages at Sexual Initiation and Family Formation

Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World ◽

10.1177/2378023120944044 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 237802312094404

Author(s):

Paul Hemez ◽

Karen Benjamin Guzzo ◽

Wendy D. Manning ◽

Susan L. Brown ◽

Krista K. Payne

Keyword(s):

Family Formation ◽

Hispanic Women ◽

Social Forces ◽

Ethnic Variation ◽

Foreign Born ◽

First Sex ◽

Family Growth ◽

Race Ethnicity ◽

Racial Ethnic ◽

Hispanic White

This data visualization uses several cycles of the National Survey of Family Growth to compare trends in median ages at first sex, birth, cohabitation, and marriage between 1995 and 2015 across non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, native-born Hispanic, and foreign-born Hispanic women aged 40 to 44 years. Generally, women’s ages at first sex declined, ages at first cohabitation remained stable, and ages at marriage and birth increased. However, there were substantial race-ethnicity-nativity differences in the timing and sequencing of women’s reproductive and family experiences, and these differences grew over time. These descriptive findings point to the importance of identifying the larger social forces that contribute to differential experiences while underscoring the fundamental problems inherent with defining whites’ reproductive and family behaviors as “normal.”

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Racial/ethnic variation in a common genetic alteration in prostate cancer.

Journal of Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1200/jco.2015.33.7_suppl.14 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 33 (7_suppl) ◽

pp. 14-14

Author(s):

Isabell Sesterhenn ◽

Denise Young ◽

Yongmei Chen ◽

Gyorgy Petrovics ◽

Jennifer Cullen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Center ◽

Tissue Bank ◽

Low Frequency ◽

Genomic Alteration ◽

Racial Groups ◽

Ethnic Variation ◽

Patient Race ◽

Pathologic Features ◽

Asian Men ◽

Racial Ethnic

14 Background: The molecular basis of racial/ethnic differences in the detection and outcomes of the carcinoma of the prostate (CaP) needs to be better defined to improve biomarkers and identify appropriate therapeutic targets. ETS-related gene fusions in proto-oncogenes (ERG, ETV1) are among the most common early oncogenic alterations described in CaP. Studies have highlighted the racial/ethnic variation in ERG fusion and ERG oncoprotein expression frequencies showing: the highest frequencies in Caucasian (CA) men, the lowest frequencies in Asian men, and intermediate frequencies in African American (AA) men. These differences persisted when patients were carefully matched for age and clinico-pathologic features. Building on previous work, the current study was conducted to evaluate ERG expression frequencies in a large cohort of AA and CA CaP patients. Methods: Patients enrolled at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center who consented to provide radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens to the CPDR Tissue Bank and Clinical Database were evaluated. The current study included 443 AA and 696 CA patients. ERG oncoprotein expression was detected by immunohistochemistry using the 9FY mouse monoclonal anti-ERG antibody and was correlated with clinico-pathologic features and CaP outcomes. Results: Lower frequencies of ERG in the index tumors of AA men as compared to CA men (28.4% vs. 51.5%, p < 0.0001) were observed. Furthermore, AA men with higher grade CaP (Gleason 8-10) had even lower ERG frequency (16%), suggesting distinct molecular biologic features in aggressive CaP for AA men. A trend with age was observed for both racial groups, with younger CA showing higher ERG frequencies. At least one focus of ERG positive PIN was present in prostates with ERG positive tumors. In both CA and AA patients, a very low frequency (8%) of ERG expression was noted in anterior index tumors compared to posterior tumors. Conclusions: This study lends increasing support to differences of the most common early genomic alteration (ERG) between AA and CA CaP patients. The study also underscores the importance of identifying new or improving existing biomarkers with consideration of patient race/ethnicity.

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