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. 2013 Jan;37(1):104-11.
doi: 10.5993/AJHB.37.1.12.

Subjective social status and health behaviors among African Americans

Lorraine R Reitzel  1 , Nga Nguyen, Larkin L Strong, David W Wetter, Lorna H McNeill
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Subjective social status and health behaviors among African Americans

Lorraine R Reitzel et al. Am J Health Behav. 2013 Jan.

Abstract

Objectives: To examine associations of the US and community subjective social status (SSS) ladders with smoking status, at-risk drinking, fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, and body mass index among 1467 church-going African American adults from a larger cohort study.

Methods: Regression analyses, adjusted for sociodemographics, examined associations between SSS ladders and health behaviors.

Results: The SSS-US ladder was significantly associated with fruit and vegetable consumption (p = .007) and physical activity (p = .005). The SSS-community ladder was not significantly associated with any health behaviors.

Conclusions: Among this sample of African Americans, the SSS-US ladder is more predictive of some health behaviors than is the SSS-community ladder.

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