Adriana Reyes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3596752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adriana Reyes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adriana |
| FAMILY NAME | Reyes |
| SIGNATURE | REYES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4133-6825 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Expectations for Families to Care for Older Adults in the United States: Rapid Scoping Review 2011–2023
As the population ages and families become increasingly diverse, more work is needed to understand expectations for families to care for older adults. In this review, we discuss the theoretical frameworks and conceptualizations used to study care expectations, summarize overarching findings about theories of care expectations and corresponding measurement, and propose future directions for research. We examined studies published between January 2…
A Comparison of Dementia-free Life Expectancy Estimates Across Competing Algorithmic Classifications: New Knowledge and Considerations from the Health and Retirement Study
Small differences in population-level estimates across algorithmic classification are observed; however, these small differences may be important for understanding disparities across groups. Therefore, more work is needed 1) to understand for whom and which models are most accurately identifying dementia and 2) to place these models relative to gold-standard adjudicated dementia assessments
Dynamics of Family Exchanges: How Life Course Transfers Influence Support From Adult Children
The relationship between a parent and child is one of the most enduring relationships over the life course. Older parents may rely on their adult children for support as they age. We leverage data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998–2018) to assess the dynamics of family exchanges by examining multiple types of parent exchanges and later child behavior in parent-child dyads at the onset of a parent’s health limitations. Using logistic regr…
Quién Soy Yo? Voces Poéticas as Poetic Inquiry
In this article, we share the results of a year-long project (a poem) and the process by which we created the poem, which we term voces poéticas. The poem is the result of 11 pláticas held over the course of nearly one year and is composed of words, phrases, and sentences that represent our experiences and identities as Chicanas/Latinas/Mexicanas in the academy. Our pláticas provided a safe place where we shared and held space to reflect on our e…
Emigration and Cognitive Aging Among Mexican Return Migrants
This study examines the impact of migration experiences—specifically undocumented status and informal sector participation—on the cognitive aging of Mexican return migrants. Using data from 6,277 participants in the 2018 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), we assess the likelihood of dementia among return migrants relative to non-migrants. The findings reveal that undocumented return migrants who later work in Mexico’s informal sector have sig…
Changes in Americans’ Views on Who Should Provide and Pay for Assistance to Older Adults with Activity Limitations, 2012 to 2022
An aging U.S. population means more older adults in need of care over time. Although government programs that supply financial support for older adults receive high levels of backing, social norms dictate that when it comes to care, families should be held responsible. Although families do provide most of the care older adults receive, it can often be in balance with more formal provisions such as paid care. However, there is a divide between wha…
Geographic relocation in response to parents' health shocks: Who moves and how close
The geographic availability of adult children to provide care is responsive to parents' needs. After the onset of a serious health condition, most older adults have a spouse or child living close enough to provide care. Parents' and children's lives are dynamically linked, and either or both may relocate to facilitate care
Hitting closer to home: State policies' impacts on health by race and legal status
Intergenerational support and retirement timing among older men and women by race/ethnicity
Race and Ethnic Differences in Financial Dependency of Coresident Young Adults During Economic Recessions and Over Time
Co‐residence beliefs 1973–2018: Older adults feel differently than younger adults
Objective: This brief study examines support for co-residence (i.e. aging parents living with their adult children), and how age predicts support for this belief considering the rapidly aging U.S. population. Background: Co-residence, a form of intergenerational transfer between family members, can help facilitate care for aging parents as well as help older adults age in the community. Support for this type of co-residence was on the rise in the…
Gender, Age of Migration, and Cognitive Life Expectancies Among Older Latinos: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
The robust relationship between nativity, age of migration, and cognitive aging suggests that older foreign-born Latinos experiencing cognitive decline may place serious burdens on families. Future research should target the needs of different subgroups of older Latinos who are entering their last decades of life to develop culturally appropriate long-term care programs
National estimates of kinship size and composition among adults with activity limitations in the United States
BACKGROUND: The number of adults living with limitations in daily activities in the United States is large, and projected to increase. Families, which are becoming more complex, are critical to the wellbeing of this population. OBJECTIVE: We present national estimates of the size and composition of kin networks for adults with activity limitations. METHODS: We use the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics to assess kin relationships of adults aged …
Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States: Overall patterns and racial differences
The spatial distance between children and parents substantially influences their lives, yet empirical evidence on life course patterns of child-parent proximity is sparse
Nativity and Country of Origin Variations in Life Expectancy With Functional Limitations Among Older Hispanics in the United States
This study examined racial/ethnic, nativity, and country of origin differences in life expectancy with and without functional limitations among older adults in the United States. We used data from the National Health Interview Survey (1999–2015) to estimate Sullivan-based life tables of life expectancies with functional limitations and without functional limitations by sex for U.S.-born Mexicans, foreign-born Mexicans, U.S.-born Puerto Ricans, is…
Race/Ethnic Differences in Spatial Distance Between Adult Children and Their Mothers
ObjectiveThis brief study examines race/ethnic differences in geographic distance to mothers among adults in the United States.BackgroundRace/ethnic differences in rates of adult children living with their mothers in the United States are well documented, but spatial distances beyond shared housing are not.MethodSpatial distances between residential locations of adults aged 25 years and older and their biological mothers are estimated using the 2…
Mitigating Poverty through the Formation of Extended Family Households: Race and Ethnic Differences
In times of hardship, moving in with family is one strategy for alleviating economic deprivation and uncertainty. The ability of the family to buffer against poverty may vary by the resources available to and the economic needs of individuals. I assess how the formation of extended-family households is associated with a move into or out of poverty and how this association varies by race and ethnicity, since economic resources and norms around ext…
Gender and Age of Migration Differences in Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans
Selection mechanisms and acculturation processes associated with the immigrant experience are contingent on both age and gender, suggesting the utility of an integrated life course approach to contextualize the mortality profiles of older immigrants. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity among immigrants and highlight the need to understand gender differences in the migration process when assessing the immigrant mortality paradox
Race Differences in Linking Family Formation Transitions to Women's Mortality
We examine how the timing and sequencing of first marriage and childbirth are related to mortality for a cohort of 4,988 white and black women born between 1922 and 1937 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women. We use Cox proportional hazard models to estimate race differences in the association between family formation transitions and mortality. Although we find no relationships between marital histories and longevity, we do find t…
The Economic Organization of Extended Family Households by Race or Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
This study examines differences in the amount of economic support or mutual benefit derived from extended family living arrangements by studying differences in monetary contributions to essential household expenditures across family units in extended family households. Using the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation, multivariate regression and selection models are estimated to assess racial differences in family contributions toward ho…
Aging and Work Performance
Work performance refers as much to the “doing” of the job as to the “result.” Even so, as the workforces of many industrialized countries grow older, concerns about the relationship between age, work performance, and productivity have become more prominent. Many factors fuel these concerns, including persistent negative stereotypes of older workers, a paucity of studies with data and designs capable of producing convincing evidence, and fundament…
Physical Functioning and Disability Trajectories by Age of Migration Among Mexican Elders in the United States
With a rapidly changing demographic profile that includes a large number of aging Mexican-origin immigrants, our society must implement social and health policies to ameliorate the negative health outcomes among immigrant and U.S.-born minority groups
Health Insurance Instability Among Older Immigrants: Region of Origin Disparities in Coverage
Factors that have contributed to the lower rates and shorter durations of HIC among older immigrants, particularly those from Latin America, may not be easily resolved by the Affordable Care Act. The importance of region of origin and assimilation characteristics for the risk of being uninsured in later life argues that immigration and health care policy should be jointly addressed
Trends in Cancer Screening by Citizenship and Health Insurance, 2000–2010
Another health insurance gap: Gaining and losing coverage among natives and immigrants at older ages
The Economic Organization of Extended Family Households by Race or Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
This study examines differences in the amount of economic support or mutual benefit derived from extended family living arrangements by studying differences in monetary contributions to essential household expenditures across family units in extended family households. Using the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation, multivariate regression and selection models are estimated to assess racial differences in family contributions toward ho…
How Health Conditions Translate into Self-Ratings: A Comparative Study of Older Adults across Europe
Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, we examine how respondents translate morbidity and disability into self-rated health (SRH), how national populations differ in SRH, and how normative and person-specific reporting styles shape SRH. We construct proxy variables that allow us to specify cultural differences in reporting styles and individual differences in relative rating behavior. Using generalized logistic reg…
Race/Ethnic Differences in Spatial Distance Between Adult Children and Their Mothers
ObjectiveThis brief study examines race/ethnic differences in geographic distance to mothers among adults in the United States.BackgroundRace/ethnic differences in rates of adult children living with their mothers in the United States are well documented, but spatial distances beyond shared housing are not.MethodSpatial distances between residential locations of adults aged 25 years and older and their biological mothers are estimated using the 2…
Physical Functioning and Disability Trajectories by Age of Migration Among Mexican Elders in the United States
With a rapidly changing demographic profile that includes a large number of aging Mexican-origin immigrants, our society must implement social and health policies to ameliorate the negative health outcomes among immigrant and U.S.-born minority groups
Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States: Overall patterns and racial differences
The spatial distance between children and parents substantially influences their lives, yet empirical evidence on life course patterns of child-parent proximity is sparse
Health Insurance Instability Among Older Immigrants: Region of Origin Disparities in Coverage
Factors that have contributed to the lower rates and shorter durations of HIC among older immigrants, particularly those from Latin America, may not be easily resolved by the Affordable Care Act. The importance of region of origin and assimilation characteristics for the risk of being uninsured in later life argues that immigration and health care policy should be jointly addressed
Mitigating Poverty through the Formation of Extended Family Households: Race and Ethnic Differences
In times of hardship, moving in with family is one strategy for alleviating economic deprivation and uncertainty. The ability of the family to buffer against poverty may vary by the resources available to and the economic needs of individuals. I assess how the formation of extended-family households is associated with a move into or out of poverty and how this association varies by race and ethnicity, since economic resources and norms around ext…
Gender and Age of Migration Differences in Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans
Selection mechanisms and acculturation processes associated with the immigrant experience are contingent on both age and gender, suggesting the utility of an integrated life course approach to contextualize the mortality profiles of older immigrants. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity among immigrants and highlight the need to understand gender differences in the migration process when assessing the immigrant mortality paradox
Gender, Age of Migration, and Cognitive Life Expectancies Among Older Latinos: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
The robust relationship between nativity, age of migration, and cognitive aging suggests that older foreign-born Latinos experiencing cognitive decline may place serious burdens on families. Future research should target the needs of different subgroups of older Latinos who are entering their last decades of life to develop culturally appropriate long-term care programs
National estimates of kinship size and composition among adults with activity limitations in the United States
BACKGROUND: The number of adults living with limitations in daily activities in the United States is large, and projected to increase. Families, which are becoming more complex, are critical to the wellbeing of this population. OBJECTIVE: We present national estimates of the size and composition of kin networks for adults with activity limitations. METHODS: We use the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics to assess kin relationships of adults aged …
Race Differences in Linking Family Formation Transitions to Women's Mortality
We examine how the timing and sequencing of first marriage and childbirth are related to mortality for a cohort of 4,988 white and black women born between 1922 and 1937 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women. We use Cox proportional hazard models to estimate race differences in the association between family formation transitions and mortality. Although we find no relationships between marital histories and longevity, we do find t…
Another health insurance gap: Gaining and losing coverage among natives and immigrants at older ages
Geographic relocation in response to parents' health shocks: Who moves and how close
The geographic availability of adult children to provide care is responsive to parents' needs. After the onset of a serious health condition, most older adults have a spouse or child living close enough to provide care. Parents' and children's lives are dynamically linked, and either or both may relocate to facilitate care
The impact of local black residents' socioeconomic status on white residents' racial views
Emigration and Cognitive Aging Among Mexican Return Migrants
This study examines the impact of migration experiences—specifically undocumented status and informal sector participation—on the cognitive aging of Mexican return migrants. Using data from 6,277 participants in the 2018 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), we assess the likelihood of dementia among return migrants relative to non-migrants. The findings reveal that undocumented return migrants who later work in Mexico’s informal sector have sig…
Hitting closer to home: State policies' impacts on health by race and legal status
Trends in Cancer Screening by Citizenship and Health Insurance, 2000–2010
Another health insurance gap: Gaining and losing coverage among natives and immigrants at older ages
How Health Conditions Translate into Self-Ratings: A Comparative Study of Older Adults across Europe
Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, we examine how respondents translate morbidity and disability into self-rated health (SRH), how national populations differ in SRH, and how normative and person-specific reporting styles shape SRH. We construct proxy variables that allow us to specify cultural differences in reporting styles and individual differences in relative rating behavior. Using generalized logistic reg…
The impact of local black residents' socioeconomic status on white residents' racial views
Health Insurance Instability Among Older Immigrants: Region of Origin Disparities in Coverage
Factors that have contributed to the lower rates and shorter durations of HIC among older immigrants, particularly those from Latin America, may not be easily resolved by the Affordable Care Act. The importance of region of origin and assimilation characteristics for the risk of being uninsured in later life argues that immigration and health care policy should be jointly addressed
Physical Functioning and Disability Trajectories by Age of Migration Among Mexican Elders in the United States
With a rapidly changing demographic profile that includes a large number of aging Mexican-origin immigrants, our society must implement social and health policies to ameliorate the negative health outcomes among immigrant and U.S.-born minority groups
Aging and Work Performance
Work performance refers as much to the “doing” of the job as to the “result.” Even so, as the workforces of many industrialized countries grow older, concerns about the relationship between age, work performance, and productivity have become more prominent. Many factors fuel these concerns, including persistent negative stereotypes of older workers, a paucity of studies with data and designs capable of producing convincing evidence, and fundament…
Race Differences in Linking Family Formation Transitions to Women's Mortality
We examine how the timing and sequencing of first marriage and childbirth are related to mortality for a cohort of 4,988 white and black women born between 1922 and 1937 from the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women. We use Cox proportional hazard models to estimate race differences in the association between family formation transitions and mortality. Although we find no relationships between marital histories and longevity, we do find t…
The Economic Organization of Extended Family Households by Race or Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
This study examines differences in the amount of economic support or mutual benefit derived from extended family living arrangements by studying differences in monetary contributions to essential household expenditures across family units in extended family households. Using the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation, multivariate regression and selection models are estimated to assess racial differences in family contributions toward ho…
Gender and Age of Migration Differences in Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans
Selection mechanisms and acculturation processes associated with the immigrant experience are contingent on both age and gender, suggesting the utility of an integrated life course approach to contextualize the mortality profiles of older immigrants. These findings demonstrate the heterogeneity among immigrants and highlight the need to understand gender differences in the migration process when assessing the immigrant mortality paradox
Nativity and Country of Origin Variations in Life Expectancy With Functional Limitations Among Older Hispanics in the United States
This study examined racial/ethnic, nativity, and country of origin differences in life expectancy with and without functional limitations among older adults in the United States. We used data from the National Health Interview Survey (1999–2015) to estimate Sullivan-based life tables of life expectancies with functional limitations and without functional limitations by sex for U.S.-born Mexicans, foreign-born Mexicans, U.S.-born Puerto Ricans, is…
Race/Ethnic Differences in Spatial Distance Between Adult Children and Their Mothers
ObjectiveThis brief study examines race/ethnic differences in geographic distance to mothers among adults in the United States.BackgroundRace/ethnic differences in rates of adult children living with their mothers in the United States are well documented, but spatial distances beyond shared housing are not.MethodSpatial distances between residential locations of adults aged 25 years and older and their biological mothers are estimated using the 2…
Mitigating Poverty through the Formation of Extended Family Households: Race and Ethnic Differences
In times of hardship, moving in with family is one strategy for alleviating economic deprivation and uncertainty. The ability of the family to buffer against poverty may vary by the resources available to and the economic needs of individuals. I assess how the formation of extended-family households is associated with a move into or out of poverty and how this association varies by race and ethnicity, since economic resources and norms around ext…
National estimates of kinship size and composition among adults with activity limitations in the United States
BACKGROUND: The number of adults living with limitations in daily activities in the United States is large, and projected to increase. Families, which are becoming more complex, are critical to the wellbeing of this population. OBJECTIVE: We present national estimates of the size and composition of kin networks for adults with activity limitations. METHODS: We use the 2013 Panel Study of Income Dynamics to assess kin relationships of adults aged …
Proximity to mother over the life course in the United States: Overall patterns and racial differences
The spatial distance between children and parents substantially influences their lives, yet empirical evidence on life course patterns of child-parent proximity is sparse
Race and Ethnic Differences in Financial Dependency of Coresident Young Adults During Economic Recessions and Over Time
Co‐residence beliefs 1973–2018: Older adults feel differently than younger adults
Objective: This brief study examines support for co-residence (i.e. aging parents living with their adult children), and how age predicts support for this belief considering the rapidly aging U.S. population. Background: Co-residence, a form of intergenerational transfer between family members, can help facilitate care for aging parents as well as help older adults age in the community. Support for this type of co-residence was on the rise in the…
Gender, Age of Migration, and Cognitive Life Expectancies Among Older Latinos: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
The robust relationship between nativity, age of migration, and cognitive aging suggests that older foreign-born Latinos experiencing cognitive decline may place serious burdens on families. Future research should target the needs of different subgroups of older Latinos who are entering their last decades of life to develop culturally appropriate long-term care programs
Intergenerational support and retirement timing among older men and women by race/ethnicity
Changes in Americans’ Views on Who Should Provide and Pay for Assistance to Older Adults with Activity Limitations, 2012 to 2022
An aging U.S. population means more older adults in need of care over time. Although government programs that supply financial support for older adults receive high levels of backing, social norms dictate that when it comes to care, families should be held responsible. Although families do provide most of the care older adults receive, it can often be in balance with more formal provisions such as paid care. However, there is a divide between wha…
Geographic relocation in response to parents' health shocks: Who moves and how close
The geographic availability of adult children to provide care is responsive to parents' needs. After the onset of a serious health condition, most older adults have a spouse or child living close enough to provide care. Parents' and children's lives are dynamically linked, and either or both may relocate to facilitate care
Hitting closer to home: State policies' impacts on health by race and legal status
Dynamics of Family Exchanges: How Life Course Transfers Influence Support From Adult Children
The relationship between a parent and child is one of the most enduring relationships over the life course. Older parents may rely on their adult children for support as they age. We leverage data from the Health and Retirement Study (1998–2018) to assess the dynamics of family exchanges by examining multiple types of parent exchanges and later child behavior in parent-child dyads at the onset of a parent’s health limitations. Using logistic regr…
Quién Soy Yo? Voces Poéticas as Poetic Inquiry
In this article, we share the results of a year-long project (a poem) and the process by which we created the poem, which we term voces poéticas. The poem is the result of 11 pláticas held over the course of nearly one year and is composed of words, phrases, and sentences that represent our experiences and identities as Chicanas/Latinas/Mexicanas in the academy. Our pláticas provided a safe place where we shared and held space to reflect on our e…
Emigration and Cognitive Aging Among Mexican Return Migrants
This study examines the impact of migration experiences—specifically undocumented status and informal sector participation—on the cognitive aging of Mexican return migrants. Using data from 6,277 participants in the 2018 Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), we assess the likelihood of dementia among return migrants relative to non-migrants. The findings reveal that undocumented return migrants who later work in Mexico’s informal sector have sig…
Psychology (19 works) · Medicine (18 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Demography (15 works) · Gerontology (15 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (14 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (13 works) · Population (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Economics (9 works)