Racial/ethnic differences in US health behaviors: A decomposition analysis

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-304

  Dubowitz, Tamara ^a   Heron, Melonie ^b   Basurto Davila, Ricardo ^a   Bird, Chloe E ^a   Lurie, Nicole ^c   Escarce, José J ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Health disparities; Oaxaca decomposition; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958004202     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.35.3.4     Document Type: Article

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