Middle Adulthood: A Case Study

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Socioeconomic status and ethnicity are related to health in middle adulthood in many ways. According to our text “social class differences in secondary aging increase as adults get older”.” (Boyd, D. R., & Bee, H. L. (2012). Lifespan development. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Pg. 387). Our text further states that “In middle adulthood, occupational level and education interact t influence health (Volkers, Westert & Schellevis, 2007). Research suggests that such findings help explain health disparities among whites, Hispanic Americans, and African Americans. (Chatters, 1991; James, Keenan, 7 Browning. 1992; Markides & Lee, 1991).
It also states that men in high status occupations look at seeking health care as “unmanly”. That they are less