Similar patterns of attenuation are evident for chronic illness in Models 2 and 3. For functional limitations, compared to Whites, Blacks had a 30% greater risk, American-born Hispanics did not differ and foreign-born Hispanics had lower risk. Adjusting for SES reduced the elevated risk for Blacks to nonsignificance but increased the health advantage of foreign-born Hispanics. However, as with other outcomes, the effect size for SES was attenuated substantially in Model 3 after adjustments for stressors, suggesting that a significant portion of the health disparities attributed to SES are driven by stress-related factors.
