Industries, Self-Rated Health, and Status Characteristics: An Exploration of Health in Industries at the Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Disability

While industries, occupations, and health outcomes have been widely studied, research has neglected self-rated health (SRH) and the intersectionality of different status characteristics in various industries. Using an IPUMS version of the Current Population Survey, this study explores the possible relationships between industries and SRH. More specifically, it seeks to find if workers' disability status, racial minority status, or gender moderates (i.e., differentiates) the relationship between their industry and SRH. Findings show that certain industries are significant predictors of SRH, and that women with disabilities working in Mining and Construction, and Business and Repair Service have significantly worse SRH than men with no disabilities working in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate. Racial minorities with disabilities did not have significantly different SRH in any industry compared to their counterparts, going against hypothesized results.