The implications of recent weight gain trends for widening social disparities in body weight in the United States are unclear. Using an intersectional approach to studying inequality, and the longitudinal and nationally representative American's Changing Lives study (1986-2001/2002), we examine social disparities in body mass index trajectories…

Examines predictors of perceived and actual social support among adult siblings using data from the National Survey of Families and Households. Social support among siblings was higher for those with living sisters and for those without adult children. African Americans and respondents with lower education and income levels were less likely to be…

In over 500,000 pregnancies in 1980, abortions were more likely among White unmarried adult women than among Black; among Black married women than among White. Likelihood of abortion increased monotonically with increasing education, but only for unmarried women. Results were similar for a teenage sample. Contains 32 references. (SV)

Examines relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and current (six-month) and lifetime rates of psychiatric disorders among African Americans and whites. Overall, SES is inversely related to psychiatric disorder for both racial groups. Found lower-SES white males have higher rates of psychiatric illness than their African-American peers.…

Examines the effects of high school curriculum and vocational training on both occupational status and occupational routines among Black and White men. Finds that returns to schooling are greater for Whites but returns to curriculum and vocational training are greater for Blacks, with some exceptions. Compares findings to previous research.…