Education and health: The joint role of gender and sexual identity

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dc.citation.articleNumber100668en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleSSM - Population Healthen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber12en_US
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Zheen_US
dc.contributor.authorSolazzo, Alexaen_US
dc.contributor.authorGorman, Bridget K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-21T18:16:22Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-10-21T18:16:22Zen_US
dc.date.issued2020en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Prior research has found that education's association with health can differ by social positions such as gender. Yet, none of the existing work has tested whether the relationship between education and self-rated health is equivalent across sexual orientation groups, and additionally, if these associations differ for men and women. Deploying the intersectionality perspective, we expand current debates of education as a resource substitution or multiplication to include sexual orientation. Methods: We answer these questions using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a probability-based sample of adults living in 44 US states and territories for selected years between 2011 and 2017 (n = 1,219,382). Results: Supporting resource multiplication, we find that compared to their same-gender heterosexual counterparts, education is less health-protective for bisexual adults, especially bisexual women. Gay men and lesbian women, on the other hand, seem to have similar associations of education with health as their same-gender heterosexual counterparts. Turning to gender comparisons across sexual identity groups, we find that resource substitution may operate only among heterosexual women when compared with heterosexual men. Conclusions: In sum, this study suggests that the relationship between education and health may depend on the intersection of gender and sexual orientation among U.S. adults.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZhang, Zhe, Solazzo, Alexa and Gorman, Bridget K.. "Education and health: The joint role of gender and sexual identity." <i>SSM - Population Health,</i> 12, (2020) Elsevier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100668.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100668en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/109440en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordEducationen_US
dc.subject.keywordGenderen_US
dc.subject.keywordIntersectionalityen_US
dc.subject.keywordSelf-rated healthen_US
dc.subject.keywordSexual minority healthen_US
dc.titleEducation and health: The joint role of gender and sexual identityen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
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