TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Subjective social status and health behaviors among African Americans
JO  - American journal of health behavior
A1  - Reitzel, Lorraine R.
A1  - Nguyen, Nga
A1  - Strong, Larkin L.
A1  - Wetter, David W.
A1  - McNeill, Lorna H.
SP  - 104
EP  - 111
VL  - 37
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1087-3244
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.37.1.12
ID  - ref1
ER  -