AUSTIN, Texas — Black Americans are more likely than whites to experience the loss of a parent during childhood and to be exposed to multiple close family member deaths by mid-life, according to a study at the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. These losses are likely to be damaging to […]
Topics of Expertise: African American FamiliesCCF ADVISORY: Debra Umberson reports on African-Americans’ much greater exposure to the early death of close family members
Experts: Debra Umberson