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Self-employment, educational attainment, and hypertension among Black women and men.

Caryn N Bell1, Carlos D Tavares2, Jessica L Owens-Young3

  • 1Department of Social, Behavioral, and Population Science, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States.

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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Full-time self-employment may lower hypertension risk in Black adults. However, some self-employment income can increase hypertension risk for Black men, particularly those with less education.

Keywords:
Black Americanseducational attainmentgenderhypertensionself-employment

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Sociology
  • Health Disparities

Background:

  • Self-employment is linked to better health and education.
  • Black Americans have lower self-employment rates.
  • Research on self-employment, health, and Black Americans is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how education influences the relationship between self-employment and hypertension in Black adults.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized 2007-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.
  • Categorized 2,855 non-Hispanic Black participants into employment types.
  • Employed modified Poisson regressions to analyze self-employment, education, and hypertension.

Main Results:

  • Full-time self-employment showed a lower risk of hypertension (RR=0.82).
  • Education moderated hypertension risk for Black men in part-time self-employment.
  • Lower educational attainment was linked to higher hypertension rates in self-employed Black men.

    • Conclusions:

    • Full-time self-employment is associated with reduced hypertension risk in Black adults.
    • Part-time self-employment may increase hypertension risk for Black men with lower education.
    • Further research needed on gender and education's role in self-employment and hypertension.