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April 2002, Vol 92, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 615-623
© 2002 American Public Health Association


RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship Between Institutional and Individual Racial Discrimination and Health Status

Gilbert C. Gee, PhD

The author is with the Training Program in Identity, Self, Role, and Mental Health, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Gilbert C. Gee, PhD, Training Program in Identity, Self, Role, and Mental Health, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Ballantine Hall 744, 1020 E Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405-7103 (e-mail: ggee{at}indiana.edu).

Objectives. This study examined whether individual (self-perceived) and institutional (segregation and redlining) racial discrimination was associated with poor health status among members of an ethnic group.

Methods. Adult respondents (n = 1503) in the cross-sectional Chinese American Psychiatric Epidemiologic Study were geocoded to the 1990 census and the 1995 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act database. Hierarchical linear modeling assessed the relationship between discrimination and scores on the Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 and revised Symptom Checklist 90 health status measures.

Results. Individual and institutional measures of racial discrimination were associated with health status after control for acculturation, sex, age, social support, income, health insurance, employment status, education, neighborhood poverty, and housing value.

Conclusions. The data support the hypothesis that discrimination at multiple levels influences the health of minority group members.




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