TY - JOUR T1 - Does the Hispanic Paradox in U.S. Adult Mortality Extend to Disability? JF - Population Research and Policy Review Y1 - 2014 A1 - Mark D Hayward A1 - Robert A Hummer A1 - Chi-Tsun Chiu A1 - César González-González A1 - Rebeca Wong KW - Demographics KW - Disabilities KW - Health Conditions and Status KW - Women and Minorities AB - 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. PB - 33 VL - 33 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11113-013-9312-7 IS - 1 U4 - Hispanic paradox/Disability/Disability/Mortality/Disabled life expectancy/Nativity ER -