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This paper considers the role of social mobility to hypertension among blacks. Using a nationally representative sample of the adult black population, this research finds no effects of intergenerational socioeconomic mobility. Minimal effects are found for geographic mobility; geographic moves bears a small positive relationship to hypertension. The implications for a theory of mobility effects on black health are discussed.
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This research was supported, in part, by an All University Research Initiation Grant from Michigan State University.
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Broman, C.L. Social mobility and hypertension among blacks. J Behav Med 12, 123–134 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00846546
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