Ethnic comparisons in perceptions of health, happiness, hope, and related social determinants of health in a majority-minority midwestern town

Virginia Chaidez; Yumou Qiu; Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly; Julie A. Tippens; Gilbert R. Parra; Patrick Habecker; Kimberly Gocchi Carrasco; Jordan Soliz; Lisa M. Pytlikzillig; Kirk Dombrowski

Ethnic comparisons in perceptions of health, happiness, hope, and related social determinants of health in a majority-minority midwestern town

Virginia Chaidez, Yumou Qiu, Angela L. Palmer-Wackerly, Julie A. Tippens, Gilbert R. Parra, Patrick Habecker, Kimberly Gocchi Carrasco, Jordan Soliz, Lisa M. Pytlikzillig, Kirk Dombrowski

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Abstract

In a rural Midwestern community sample (n=273), large proportions of Somalis and Whites ranked overall health as “Very good” (57% and 50%, respectively), while Hispanics (42%) considered it “Good”. Across all groups, most are either “Happy” or “Very happy” with their jobs—64%, 91%, 83%—or their families—85%, 93%, 91.6%—with reference to Hispanics, Somalis, and Whites, respectively. When asked, “In the past 30 days, how often did you feel hopeless?”, 83% of Somalis and two-thirds (67%) of Whites responded, “None of the time”, while half (50%) of Hispanics indicated the same. Overall, Hispanics appeared to be less healthy, happy, and hopeful than their White and Somali counterparts.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	6
Pages (from-to)	136-163
Number of pages	28
Journal	Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
Volume	48
Issue number	1
State	Published - 2021

Keywords

Happiness
Hope
Rural immigration
Social determinants of health

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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Chaidez, V., Qiu, Y., Palmer-Wackerly, A. L., Tippens, J. A., Parra, G. R., Habecker, P., Carrasco, K. G., Soliz, J., Pytlikzillig, L. M., & Dombrowski, K. (2021). Ethnic comparisons in perceptions of health, happiness, hope, and related social determinants of health in a majority-minority midwestern town. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 48(1), 136-163. Article 6.

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