Intergenerational Mobility and Goal-Striving Stress Among Black Americans: The Roles of Ethnicity and Nativity Status.

Goal-striving stress refers to the psychological consequences of seeking but failing to reach upward mobility and is more common among low-income and people of color. Intergenerational mobility-or improved socioeconomic standing relative to one's parents-may be an important predictor of goal-striving stress for Blacks. We used the National Survey of American Life to investigate the association between intergenerational mobility and goal-striving stress among U.

Parental eligibility and enrollment in state children's health insurance program: the roles of parental health, employment, and family structure.

We examined eligibility and enrollment among parents of children in New Jersey's State Children's Health Insurance Program following expansion of parental eligibility for NJ FamilyCare coverage. Data were from the 2003 NJ FamilyCare Family Health Survey (n = 416 families). Parental eligibility was higher in households without a full-time employed parent (odds ratio [OR] = 5.