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Project Citation: 

Garcia-Perez, Monica, Fernandez, José , and Orozco-Aleman, Sandra . Data and Code for: Unraveling the Hispanic Health Paradox. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-01-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E182763V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary In the context of the Healthy Hispanic Paradox, this paper underscores the importance of dissagregating Hispanics by ancestry and age profile when discussing the paradox across key health outcomes. It also provided and overview of the leading explanations. See full abstract in published paper.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      I10 Health: General
      I14 Health and Inequality
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage USA
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2006 – 12/31/2019
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; observational data; other

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source 1.      IPUMS-USA (Ruggles et al., 2022): This is publicly available data. To access data, researchers must create an account and accept terms and conditions, available at https://usa.ipums.org/usa/
2.      IPUMS-NHIS (Blewett et al., 2022): To access data researchers must create an account and accept terms and conditions, available at https://healthsurveys.ipums.org/.
3.      Mortality Data - Vital Statistics NCHS Multiple Cause of Death Data 2019” NBER-Deaths: To access data, individuals can download online, available at https://www.nber.org/research/data/vital-statistics-mortality-data-nber

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