Krueger, Patrick M.; Saint Onge, Jarron M.; Chang, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 9, pp. 1312-1322
inactivity, sleep duration) in shaping differential mortality among whites, blacks, and Hispanics. We use data from the 1990 … mortality through 2006. Our first aim examines whether unhealthy behaviors and perceived stress mediate race/ethnic disparities … in mortality. The black disadvantage in mortality, relative to whites, closes after adjusting for socioeconomic status …