# HEALTH AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF MINORITY ELDERS

> **NIH NIH R01** · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · 1992 · $99,990

## Abstract

In this project, we will analyze the health and living arrangements among
minority elders in the U.S. to (1) measure the extent to which frail and
well elders in different minority populations coreside with kin, (2)
evaluate how observed differences in living arrangements are related to
demographic and socioeconomic factors, health conditions, access to and
use of health and aging services, and cultural preferences for reliance
on kin, and (3) assess the implications of these patterns, and of
projected increases in minority elders, on institutional and home care
from 1990-2030.

Data for the study are drawn from the Public Use MicroSample of Older
Persons for the 1990 U.S.  Census which provides large enough samples of
minority elders to permit the examination of living arrangements (living
alone, living with spouse, living with other kin, living with nonkin, and
institutional residence) among African American, Asian, Pacific Islander,
Hispanic, and Native American elders.  The study will use multinomial
logistic regression models to examine the association with living
arrangements of national origin, nativity status, English language
proficiency, gender, age, educational level, marital status (and, for
women, number of children ever born), self-reported health status,
urban/rural residence, and geographic access to health care services.

To explore the role in living arrangements of objective health risks and
service utilization data from the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Surveys will be used to describe the prevalence of illnesses,
and the use of formal health and social services among African-Americans
and Hispanics.  The detailed information in these studies will permit the
estimation of multinomial logistic regression models that assess the
mediating effects of these factors on minority group differences in
coresidence with kin.  Preferences for reliance on kin in old age will be
examined using data from previously conducted surveys of Asian
populations and of African American and Hispanic groups in the U.S.

Using 1990 population counts of persons by age and sex in each minority
group, and specially-derived age- and sex- specific mortality, marriage,
marital dissolution, and fertility schedules, the number of persons in
each minority group by age and family status, and health status will be
projected.  Current rates of reliance on family coresidence and
institutional living arrangements for persons in each category will be
applied to obtain overall projections of the number of elders in each
minority group who will rely on family and institutionalized care for the
period 1990 to 2030.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3123127
- **Project number:** 1R01AG011142-01
- **Recipient organization:** PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
- **SAM.gov UEI:** NPM2J7MSCF61
- **Principal Investigator:** Dennis P. Hogan
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1992
- **Award amount:** $99,990
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 1992-09-30 → 1994-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3123127

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3123127, HEALTH AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF MINORITY ELDERS (1R01AG011142-01). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3123127. Licensed CC0.

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