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April 2005, Vol 95, No. 4 | American Journal of Public Health 710-716
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.027110

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Racial/Ethnic Variation in Functional and Self-Reported Health

Zheng Wu, PhD and Christoph M. Schimmele, MA

Zheng Wu is with the Department of Sociology and the Centre of Aging, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Christoph M. Schimmele is with the Department of Sociology, University of Victoria.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Zheng Wu, PhD, Dept of Sociology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3050, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3P5 Canada (e-mail: zhengwu{at}uvic.ca).

Objectives. We investigated whether racial/ethnic health disparities exist in Canada and whether socioeconomic or behavioral differences between racial/ ethnic minorities and nonminorities account for such disparities.

Methods. We used data from the National Population Health Survey, conducted by Statistics Canada in 1996 and 1997. We used regression models to examine differences in functional and self-reported health.

Results. Our study found no association between socioeconomic or behavioral differences and racial/ethnic health disparities. There was no clear pattern between racial/ethnic minority status and health.

Conclusions. The state can play an important role in health outcomes, and public commitment to accessible health care may explain why socioeconomic status and health behaviors are weak indicators of racial/ethnic health variation in Canada.




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