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November 2003, Vol 93, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 1865-1870
© 2003 American Public Health Association

ADOLESCENT HEALTH

Health and Behavior Risks of Adolescents with Mixed-Race Identity

J. Richard Udry, PhD, Rose Maria Li, PhD and Janet Hendrickson-Smith, MA

J. Richard Udry and Janet Hendrickson-Smith are with the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Rose Maria Li is with Analytical Sciences, Inc.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to: J. Richard Udry, PhD, Carolina Population Center, CB# 8120, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516–2524 (e-mail: udry{at}unc.edu).

Objectives. This study compared the health and risk status of adolescents who identify with 1 race with those identifying with more than 1 race.

Methods. Data are derived from self-reports of race, using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), which provides a large representative national sample of adolescents in grades 7 through 12. Respondents could report more than 1 race.

Results. Mixed-race adolescents showed higher risk when compared with single-race adolescents on general health questions, school experience, smoking and drinking, and other risk variables.

Conclusions. Adolescents who self-identify as more than 1 race are at higher health and behavior risks. The findings are compatible with interpreting the elevated risk of mixed race as associated with stress.




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