Marriage and Health in the Transition to Adulthood: Evidence for African Americans in the Add Health Study
Marriage and Health in the Transition to Adulthood: Evidence for African Americans in the Add Health Study
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DOI：
10.1177/0192513x10365823
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发表时间：
2010-08-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
DeLeone, Felicia Yang
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作者：
Harris, Kathleen Mullan;Lee, Hedwig;DeLeone, Felicia Yang
本文利用国家青少年健康纵向研究（Add health），探讨了非裔美国人和白人在过渡到成年期的早婚（26岁之前）、同居和健康之间的关系。该研究调查了与青年期相关的三类健康结果：身体健康、心理健康和健康风险行为。滞后的因变量模型被用来检验早婚和同居对健康的影响，考虑到潜在的健康选择进入工会。结果表明，年轻人早婚对非裔美国人没有保护作用；作者还发现非裔美国男性比女性受到更多的负面影响。对于白人来说，婚姻对酗酒有一定的保护作用，结果好坏参半。非裔美国人和白人的早婚与体重指数增加有关。同居与所有种族和性别群体的负面健康结果一致相关。
This article explores the relationships among early marriage (before age 26 years), cohabitation, and health for African Americans and Whites during the transition to adulthood using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). The study examines three categories of health outcomes relevant to young adulthood: physical health, mental health, and health risk behaviors. Lagged dependent variable models are used to examine the health effects of early marriage and cohabitation accounting for potential health selection into unions. The results indicate that early marriage by young adults does not have protective effects for African Americans; the authors also find more negative effects for African American men than for women. There are mixed results for Whites with some protective effects of marriage for binge drinking. Early marriage for African Americans and Whites is associated with increased body mass index. Cohabitation is uniformly associated with negative health outcomes for all racial and gender groups.