@article {8066, title = {Does the Hispanic Paradox in U.S. Adult Mortality Extend to Disability?}, journal = {Population Research and Policy Review}, volume = {33}, year = {2014}, pages = {81-96}, publisher = {33}, abstract = {Studies consistently document a Hispanic paradox in U.S. adult mortality, whereby Hispanics have similar or lower mortality rates than non-Hispanic whites despite lower socioeconomic status. This study extends this line of inquiry to disability, especially among foreign-born Hispanics, since their advantaged mortality seemingly should be paired with health advantages more generally. We also assess whether the paradox extends to U.S.-born Hispanics to evaluate the effect of nativity. We calculate multistate life tables of life expectancy with disability to assess whether racial/ethnic and nativity differences in the length of disability-free life parallel differences in overall life expectancy. Our results document a Hispanic paradox in mortality for foreign-born and U.S.-born Hispanics. However, Hispanics low mortality rates are not matched by low disability rates. Their disability rates are substantially higher than those of non-Hispanic whites and generally similar to those of non-Hispanic blacks. The result is a protracted period of disabled life expectancy for Hispanics, both foreign- and U.S.-born.}, keywords = {Demographics, Disabilities, Health Conditions and Status, Women and Minorities}, doi = {10.1007/s11113-013-9312-7}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11113-013-9312-7}, author = {Mark D Hayward and Robert A Hummer and Chi-Tsun Chiu and C{\'e}sar Gonz{\'a}lez-Gonz{\'a}lez and Rebeca Wong} }