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Title: Structural Sexism and Health in the United States
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Homan, Patricia |
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Structural Sexism and Health in the United States Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Duke University, 2018 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Discrimination, Sex; Geocoded Data; Health Survey for Norway (NHS); Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; State-Level Data/Policy Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Chapter 3 lays out a more comprehensive, multilevel framework for structural sexism and examines how it shapes the health of women and men at midlife. I measure macro-level structural sexism at the U.S. state-level using indicators of inequality in political, economic, cultural and reproductive domains. Using restricted geo-coded data from the NLSY79, individuals are located within states to capture their exposure to structural sexism. This chapter also incorporates individual- and spousal-level data from the NLSY79 in order to measure exposure to structural sexism at the meso- and micro-levels. Results show that among women exposure to more sexism at the macro- and meso-levels is associated with more chronic conditions, worse self-rated health, and worse physical functioning. Among men, macro-level structural sexism is also associated with worse health. However, at the meso-level greater structural sexism is associated with better health among men. At the micro-level, internalized sexism is not related to health among either women or men. These results highlight the importance of a multilevel approach. |
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Homan, Patricia. Structural Sexism and Health in the United States. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology, Duke University, 2018. |