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Kathryn Freeman Anderson1, Dylan Simburger2
1Department of Sociology, University of Houston, 3551 Cullen Blvd, PGH Building, Room 450, Houston, TX, 77204-3012, USA. kateanderson@uh.edu.
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
|September 22, 2025
Summary
Racial residential segregation is linked to increased discrimination and poorer health for Black communities. This discrimination partially explains the negative health impacts of segregation, highlighting policy implications.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Sociology
- Health Disparities
Background:
- Racial/ethnic residential segregation is linked to adverse life outcomes, including health.
- Existing research often attributes these outcomes to discrimination and structural inequalities.
- Few studies have directly examined the mediating role of individual discrimination experiences in the segregation-health relationship.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the association between neighborhood-level racial/ethnic residential clustering and individual experiences of discrimination.
- To determine if perceived discrimination mediates the relationship between residential segregation and self-rated health.
- To analyze these associations within the Houston metropolitan area.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the Kinder Houston Area Survey (KHAS) and the Census' American Community Survey (ACS).
- Employed multilevel cumulative ordered regression models to analyze the data.
- Examined neighborhood-level racial/ethnic clustering and individual-level perceived discrimination and self-rated health.
Main Results:
- Neighborhood-level Black residential clustering was associated with a higher frequency of perceived discrimination.
- This association was not significant for Latino or Asian residential clustering.
- Black residential clustering was also linked to poorer self-rated health, with perceived discrimination partially mediating this effect.
Conclusions:
- Residential segregation, specifically for Black communities, is associated with increased discrimination.
- Perceived discrimination acts as a partial mediator between segregation and poorer health outcomes.
- Findings underscore the importance of addressing housing discrimination and residential segregation in public health policy.
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