Educational Attainment and Self-Rated Oral Health among American Older Adults: Hispanics’ Diminished Returns

IF 0.5 Q4 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE
S. Assari, M. Bazargan
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Abstract

Background: Minorities’ diminished returns (MDRs) refer to systemically weaker effects of socioeconomic status (SES), particularly educational attainment, on the health of non-Whites compared to Whites. Aim: Using a nationally representative sample, we aimed to investigate ethnic differences in the effect of SES (educational attainment) on the self-rated oral health of Hispanic older adults in the US. Methods: This study analyzed the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging (UM-NPHA) 2017 data, which included 2131 older adults who were 50 to 80 years old (202 Hispanics and 1929 non-Hispanics). Ethnicity, race, educational attainment (SES), age, gender, employment, retirement, and self-rated oral health (single item) were measured. Logistic regressions were applied for data analysis. Results: High educational attainment was associated with lower odds of poor oral health in the pooled sample, net of all covariates. The effect of educational attainment on poor self-rated oral health was found to be weaker for Hispanics than for non-Hispanics. Conclusion: We observed MDRs of educational attainment (SES) on oral health for Hispanic older adults. In other words, compared to non-Hispanics, Hispanics gain less oral health from their educational attainment (SES).
美国老年人的受教育程度和自评口腔健康:西班牙裔减少回报
背景:与白人相比,少数族裔的收益减少(mdr)是指社会经济地位(SES)对非白人健康的系统性影响较弱,尤其是受教育程度。目的:使用具有全国代表性的样本,我们旨在调查美国西班牙裔老年人SES(受教育程度)对自评口腔健康影响的种族差异。方法:本研究分析了密歇根大学2017年健康老龄化全国民意调查(UM-NPHA)的数据,其中包括2131名50至80岁的老年人(202名西班牙裔和1929名非西班牙裔)。测量民族、种族、受教育程度(SES)、年龄、性别、就业、退休和自评口腔健康(单项)。采用Logistic回归进行数据分析。结果:在所有协变量中,较高的受教育程度与较低的口腔健康不良几率相关。受教育程度对西班牙裔自评口腔健康不良的影响要弱于非西班牙裔。结论:我们观察了西班牙裔老年人受教育程度(SES)对口腔健康的影响。换句话说,与非西班牙裔美国人相比,西班牙裔美国人受教育程度(SES)对口腔健康的影响更小。
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Open Dentistry Journal
Open Dentistry Journal DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE-
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