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Author: Rolock, Nancy
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1. Jantz, Ian
Huffman-Gottschling, Kristen
Rolock, Nancy
Multi-Morbidity, Poverty, and Community Context: An Analysis of Factors Related to Medical Complexity At Midlife
Presented: San Diego CA, Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, January 2013
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR)
Keyword(s): Bayesian; Health, Chronic Conditions; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Neighborhood Effects; Poverty; Stress

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Method: We analyzed data from ten years of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Upon turning 40, female respondents (n=4,296) reported chronic health conditions ever experienced. A latent class analysis classified respondents based on these health conditions. We determined number of latent classes using Bayseian Information Criterion (BIC) and model interpretability. Respondent class membership became the dependent variable in a multinomial regression. Model predictors were indicators of adverse economic and social conditions. These predictors included measures of the number times in the ten previous annual waves of data collection that respondents lived in poverty or reported adverse community conditions. Adverse community conditions were measured with a series of questions about how frequently respondents felt crime, abandoned buildings, unemployment, police protection, public transit, poor parental supervision, and disrespect for laws were problems in the community. Additional covariates included race/ethnicity, education, weight, and substance use.
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Jantz, Ian, Kristen Huffman-Gottschling and Nancy Rolock. "Multi-Morbidity, Poverty, and Community Context: An Analysis of Factors Related to Medical Complexity At Midlife." Presented: San Diego CA, Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference, January 2013.