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Gender and Health Behavior Clustering among U.S. Young Adults.
Biodemography and Social Biology ( IF 1.222 ) Pub Date : 2017-03-13 , DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2016.1262238
Julie Skalamera Olson 1 , Robert A Hummer 2 , Kathleen Mullan Harris 2
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ABSTRACT

U.S. trends in population health suggest alarming disparities among young adults, who are less healthy across most measureable domains than their counterparts in other high-income countries; these international comparisons are particularly troubling for women. To deepen our understanding of gender disparities in health and underlying behavioral contributions, we document gender-specific clusters of health behavior among U.S. young adults using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. We find high levels of poor health behavior, but especially among men; 40 percent of men clustered into a group characterized by unhealthy behavior (e.g., poor diet, no exercise, substance use), compared to only 22 percent of women. Additionally, women tend to age out of unhealthy behaviors in young adulthood more than men. Further, we uncover gender differences in the extent to which sociodemographic position and adolescent contexts inform health behavior clustering. For example, college education was more protective for men, whereas marital status was equally protective across gender. Parental drinking mattered for health behavior clustering among men, whereas peer drinking mattered for clustering among women. We discuss these results in the context of declining female advantage in U.S. health and changing young adult social and health contexts.



中文翻译:

美国年轻人中的性别与健康行为聚类。

摘要

美国人口健康的趋势表明,年轻人之间的悬殊令人震惊,与其他高收入国家相比,年轻人在大多数可衡量领域的健康状况都较差;这些国际比较对妇女而言尤其令人不安。为了加深我们对健康方面的性别差异和基本行为贡献的理解,我们使用《美国国家青少年至成人健康纵向研究》的全国代表性数据记录了美国年轻人中特定性别的健康行为群。我们发现不良健康行为的发生率很高,尤其是在男性中;40%的男性聚集在以不健康行为为特征的人群中(例如,不良饮食,不做运动,使用毒品),而女性只有22%。另外,在成年后,女性比男性更容易因不健康的行为而衰老。此外,我们在社会人口统计学位置和青少年情境影响健康行为聚类的程度上揭示了性别差异。例如,大学教育对男性更具保护作用,而婚姻状况对性别也同样具有保护作用。父母饮酒对男性的健康行为至关重要,而父母饮酒对女性的健康行为很重要。我们在女性在美国健康中的优势不断下降以及年轻的成年人社会和健康状况不断变化的背景下讨论这些结果。婚姻状况在所有性别中同样具有保护作用。父母饮酒对男性的健康行为聚类很重要,而父母饮酒对女性的健康行为聚类很重要。我们在女性在美国健康中的优势不断下降以及年轻的成年人社会和健康状况不断变化的背景下讨论这些结果。而婚姻状况在所有性别中同样具有保护作用。父母饮酒对男性的健康行为聚类很重要,而父母饮酒对女性的健康行为聚类很重要。我们在女性在美国健康中的优势不断下降以及年轻的成年人社会和健康状况不断变化的背景下讨论这些结果。

更新日期:2017-03-13
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