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i DEDICATION iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS v LIST OF TABLES x LIST OF FIGURES  xii CHAPTER 1.0: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Overview of Race and Ethnic Composition of the United States Population over Time  1 1.2 Health Disparities and Health Disparities Research  2 1.3 Limitations of the Literature  4 1.4 Organization of the Dissertation  7 CHAPTER 2.0: LITERATURE REVIEW 8 2.1 Socioeconomic Status, Health Status and Health Care Utilization  8 2.1.1 Education, Income, Employment and Wealth  14 2.1.2 Social Factors  19 2.1.3 Psychological Factors  24 2.1.4 Behavioral Factors  28 CHAPTER 3.0: PRESENT STUDY 36 3.1 Theoretical Background  36 3.2 Conceptual Model and Objectives of the Study  38 3.3 Research Questions 41 CHAPTER 4.0: METHODS 43 4.1 Data Source, Procedure and Sample  43 4.2 Measures  45 4.2.1 Independent Variables  45 4.2.2 Mediating Variables  49 4.2.3 Dependent Variables  56 4.3 Analytic Approaches  57

Socioeconomic Determinants of Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity: The Mediating Role of Social, Psychological and Behavioral Factors