Disparities at the intersection of marginalized groups

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1349-1359

  Jackson, John W ^a   Williams, David R ^a   VanderWeele, Tyler J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable proportion; Decomposition; Disparities; Excess intersectional disparity; Heterogeneity of effects; Interaction; Intersectionality; Joint disparity; Ratio of observed to expected joint effects; Relative excess risk for interaction; Synergy index

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; HUMAN; JOINT; JUVENILE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RACE; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRISONER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRISONERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982091521     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1276-6     Document Type: Review

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