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JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 18-33Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.2307/1519813
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- PHS HHS [R01-11564, R29-11564] Funding Source: Medline
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This study uses longitudinal data to examine the causal relationships between perceived work discrimination and women physical and emotional health. Using data on 1, 778 employed women in the National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women, we investigate the structural and individual characteristics that predict later perceptions of discrimination and the effects of those perceptions on subsequent health. We find that perceptions of discrimination are influenced by job attitudes, prior experiences of discrimination, and work contexts, but prior health is not related to later perceptions. However perceptions of discrimination do impact subsequent health, and these effects remain significant after controlling for prior emotional health, physical health limitations, discrimination, and job characteristics. Overall, the results provide even stronger support for the health impact of workplace discrimination and suggest a need for further longitudinal analyses of causes and consequences of perceived discrimination.
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