Multiple jeopardy, national wealth and perceived discrimination

Subjective health of intersecting minority groups across 28 countries

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2301400
AutoresChristin-Melanie Vauclair (0000-0002-4940-1185, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Social (CIS-IUL), Lisboa, Portugal, autor correspondente), Maksim Rudnev (0000-0002-2714-3840, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada)
Ano2024
Volume67
Fascículo3
Páginas352-370
Data de publicação2024-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoActa Sociologica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00016993231210650
OpenAlexW4388462377
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas44

Objective: Belonging to social minority groups is detrimental for health outcomes, yet it is still unclear how multiple social minority statuses combine in their effect on health and whether perceived discrimination explains this link. Moreover, the moderating role of the societal context on the multiple social minority status-health link has never been tested. The current study employs a comprehensive conceptual framework to better understand the patterns of association between health outcomes and multiple social minority statuses. Methods and measures: Using data from the European Social Survey (N = 53,161 from 28 countries) and multi-level structural equation modelling, the study examines whether older age, female gender and ethnic minority status have additive, exacerbation or inurement effects on subjective health, whether perceived discrimination mediates these relations, and whether national wealth moderates the associations. Results: Old age and female gender, but not ethnicity, were related to adverse health outcomes, especially in poorer countries. Belonging to two, but not three, social minority groups exacerbated health outcomes. Perceived discrimination explained some of the (multiple) social minority status-health links, whereas an ethnicity-related health risk was fully mediated by perceived discrimination. Conclusion: Supporting the idea of intersectionality, different combinations of social minority statuses differ in health outcomes as well as the underlying mechanisms

Context (archaeology · Ethnic group · European Social Survey · Health and Retirement Study · Health equity · Intersectionality · Political science · Public health · Race and health · Self-rated health · Social determinants of health · Social status · Sociology · Gender Studies · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology · Gerontology