Research

Education and Health among Racial Groups: Karen D. Lincoln

Title of Project: Education and Health among Racial Groups

Role in Project: Co-Investigator

Requested Grant Period: 01/01/05 – 12/31/06

Amount Requested: $368,455

Funding Agency: NIH/NICHD

Status: Funded

Type: Research

This study uses four different data sets that will shed additional light on the association between education and health. Collectively, the data sets have two unique features that allow us to examine the social and psychological factors that bind together race, education and health. The data sets include a range of health outcomes that provides a better explication about whether race and education have universal or specific associations with health. The data sets also include relatively large samples of whites, African Americans and two specific Asian American ethnic groups (Chinese and Filipino) that will facilitate the use of complex multivariate analyses on different groups. The features of these data sets sill provide a systematic assessment of how race shapes the pathways between education and health. To meet our goals, this study has two specific aims: (1) Describe the education and health association; and (2) establish the linkages between education and health.