Citation

Reitzel LR, Nguyen N, Strong LL, Wetter DW, McNeill LH. Am. J. Health Behav. 2013; 37(1): 104-111.

Affiliation

Department of Health Disparities Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. Lrreitze@mdanderson.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, PNG Publications)

DOI

10.5993/AJHB.37.1.12

PMID

22943107

PMCID

PMC3433853

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine associations of the US and community subjective social status (SSS) ladders with smoking status, at-risk drinking, fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, and body mass index among 1467 church-going African American adults from a larger cohort study. METHODS: Regression analyses, adjusted for sociodemographics, examined associations between SSS ladders and health behaviors. RESULTS: The SSS-US ladder was significantly associated with fruit and vegetable consumption (p = .007) and physical activity (p = .005). The SSS-community ladder was not significantly associated with any health behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Among this sample of African Americans, the SSS-US ladder is more predictive of some health behaviors than is the SSS-community ladder.

Language: en