TY - JOUR T1 - Socioeconomic Status and Health Well-Being during Later Life: Potential Mediating Factors JF - Sociological Spectrum Y1 - 2013 A1 - Hsu, Tze-Li A1 - Cossman, Jeralynn S. KW - Demographics KW - Health Conditions and Status KW - Healthcare KW - Methodology KW - Retirement Planning and Satisfaction AB - This study explores the socioeconomic status (SES)-perceived health association, with special attention on living arrangements. It improves upon existing explanations of causal mechanisms underlying the impact of SES on health among the elderly. Using Health and Retirement Study to run ordered logistic regression, it addresses the importance of living arrangements for self-reported health. Income and education are both important predictors of self-reported health and that after controlling them, living arrangements also affect self-reported health. Future research should highlight nuanced measures of living arrangements and should explore longitudinal analyses to determine the long-term effects of these factors on self-reported health. PB - 33 VL - 33 IS - 2 N1 - Times Cited: 0 U4 - living arrangements/Self-reported health/Socioeconomic factors/Health care/Older people/Regression analysis/Logistic Models ER - TY - THES T1 - Understanding health inequality through the study of living arrangements Y1 - 2008 A1 - Hsu, Tze-Li KW - Demographics KW - Public Policy AB - Promoting population health is an essential task for sustainable development. This study explores the association between socioeconomic status and perceived health in the United States, with special attention on the influence of living arrangements. It also improves the existing explanations of causal mechanisms underlying the impact of SES on health among Americans over 50. Using the first and seventh waves of Health and Retirement Study to run ordered logistic regression, this research addresses the importance of living arrangements and social capital on self-reported health. Income and education are both important predictors of self-reported health. In addition, living arrangements and household social capital also affects self-reported health after controlling individuals' characteristics and SES indicators. These effects do not appear to mediate the socioeconomic effects on self-reported health. Future research should highlight better measures of living arrangements and social capital, as well as explore longitudinal analyses. PB - Mississippi State University CY - United States -- Mississippi U4 - Demographics JO - Understanding health inequality through the study of living arrangements ER -