%0 Journal Article %J Research on Aging %D 2009 %T Racial-Ethnic Differences in Subjective Survival Expectations to the Retirement Years %A Jennifer R. Bulanda %A Zhang, Zhenmei %K Demographics %K Expectations %X Prior research finds a race anomaly in subjective life expectancy such that Blacks expect to live longer than Whites even though their actual life expectancy is lower, but it does not include other racial-ethnic groups. Using data from the 1998 Health and Retirement Study (n = 8,077), the authors find that the race anomaly in subjective survival expectations can be extended to Mexican Americans: Mexican Americans, regardless of their nativity, expect a lower chance of living to ages 75 and 85 than do Whites net of age and gender even though their actual life expectancy is higher. In addition, foreign-born Mexican Americans expect a lower chance of survival to older ages than native-born Mexican Americans, which is also opposite of actual mortality patterns. We also find that education and wealth interact with race-ethnicity to influence subjective survival expectations. %B Research on Aging %I 31 %V 31 %P 688-709 %G eng %N 6 %L newpubs20091202_Bulanda.pdf %4 Subjective Probabilities of Survival/Racial Differences/Ethnicity %$ 21170