@article{ref1,
title="Subjective social status and health behaviors among African Americans",
journal="American journal of health behavior",
year="2013",
author="Reitzel, Lorraine R. and Nguyen, Nga and Strong, Larkin L. and Wetter, David W. and McNeill, Lorna H.",
volume="37",
number="1",
pages="104-111",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1087-3244",
doi="10.5993/AJHB.37.1.12",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.1.12"
}