Understanding the Living Arrangements of Latino Immigrants: A Life Course Approach

Using data from the 1990 Panel Study of Income Dynamics Latino Sample, this study examines three competing hypotheses for understanding extended family living among Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants. The findings indicate no significant relationship between living with extended kin and cultural indicators — such as English fluency – or economic factors – such as employment and income. Rather, the data support a life course explanation. Extended family living arrangements among Latino immigrants represent a resource generating strategy for caring for young children and older adults. Differences in age, relative location in the life course, and migration opportunities inform group variation in extended living arrangements for Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants. These findings verify patterns of household composition among Latino immigrants suggested by nonrandom, ethnographic samples.

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A life course approach to total tooth loss: Testing the sensitive period, accumulation, and social mobility models in the Health and Retirement Study

Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology ◽

10.1111/cdoe.12463 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (4) ◽

pp. 333-339 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Haena Lee

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Social Mobility ◽

Tooth Loss ◽

Sensitive Period ◽

Health And Retirement Study ◽

Mobility Models ◽

Life Course Approach ◽

Retirement Study

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Paediatric obesity and cardiovascular risk factors – A life course approach

Porto Biomedical Journal ◽

10.1016/j.pbj.2017.02.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 102-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Joana Araújo ◽

Elisabete Ramos

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Cardiovascular Risk ◽

Life Course ◽

Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽

Life Course Approach ◽

Paediatric Obesity

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Life Course Approach on Health Disparities in Older Adults

Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society ◽

10.4235/jkgs.2013.17.3.111 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 111-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Soong-Nang Jang

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Health Disparities ◽

Life Course ◽

Life Course Approach

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A Life Course Approach to Inequality: Examining Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Relationship between Early Life Socioeconomic Conditions and Health in Later Life Among Men

Ethnicity & Disease ◽

10.18865/ed.25.3.313 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 313 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Taylor W. Hargrove, MA ◽

Tyson H. Brown, PhD

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Mexican American ◽

White Men ◽

Later Life ◽

Adult Health ◽

Socioeconomic Conditions ◽

Growth Curve Models ◽

Life Course Approach ◽

Race Ethnicity ◽

Racial Ethnic

Objective: Previous research has documented a relationship between childhood socioeconomic conditions and adult health, but less is known about racial/ethnic differences in this relationship, particularly among men. This study utilizes a life course approach to investigate racial/ethnic differences in the relationships among early and later life socioeconomic circumstances and health in adulthood among men.Design: Panel data from the Health and Retirement Study and growth curve models are used to examine group differences in the relationships among childhood and adult socioeconomic factors and age-trajectories of self-rated health among White, Black and Mexican American men aged 51-77 years (N=4147).Results: Multiple measures of childhood socioeconomic status (SES) predict health in adulthood for White men, while significantly fewer measures of childhood SES predict health for Black and Mexican American men. Moreover, the health consequences of childhood SES diminish with age for Black and Mexican American men. The childhood SES-adult health relationship is largely explained by measures of adult SES for White men.Conclusion: The life course pathways linking childhood SES and adult health differ by race/ethnicity among men. Similar to arguments that the universality of the adult SES-health relationship should not be assumed, results from our study suggest that scholars should not assume that the significance and nature of the association between childhood SES and health in adulthood is similar across race/ethnicity among men. Ethn Dis.2015;25(3):313-320.

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