Chunk #7 — METHODS — Measures — Race

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RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTH: How Much Does Stress Really Matter?

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Race (Black, White, Hispanic) was assessed by self-report. Hispanics were stratified by American-born (n = 362) and foreign-born (n = 440). Initial exploratory analyses found that persons of “other” race did not differ from Whites. Accordingly, we collapsed the “other” category into Whites to preserve responses.