TY  - JOUR
AU  - Trujillo,Antonio J.
AU  - Vernon,John A.
AU  - Wong,Laura Rodriguez
AU  - Angeles,Gustavo
TI  - Race and Health Disparities Among Seniors in Urban Areas in Brazil
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11690
PY  - 2005
Y2  - October 2005
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11690
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11690.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Antonio Trujillo

John Vernon
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Health Policy & Management
1101C McGavran-Greenberg Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7411
Tel: 919/966-8930
E-Mail: vernon@email.unc.edu

Laura Rodriguez Wong

Gustavo Angeles
AB  - White seniors report better health than Black seniors in urban areas in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the case even after controlling for baseline health conditions and several demographic, socio-economic and family support characteristics. Furthermore, adjusted racial disparities in self-reported health are larger than the disparities found using alternative measures of functional health. Our empirical research in this paper suggests that the two most important factors driving racial disparities in health among seniors (in our sample) are historical differences in rural living conditions and current income. Present economic conditions are more relevant to racial disparities among poor seniors
than among rich seniors. Moreover, racial differences in health not attributable to observable characteristics are more important when comparing individuals in the upper half of the income distribution.
ER  -