Parental Education and Children’s Sleep Problems: Minorities’ Diminished Returns

Background and aims: While increased parental education reduces children’s sleep problems, less is known about racial variation in such protection. According to Minorities’ Diminished Returns (MDRs) theory, economic resources as show weaker health effects for minority groups Blacks Latinos than non-Latino Whites, which due racism social stratification. In this study, we investigated the association between a proxy of by race. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 11718 American children aged 9-10. All participants were recruited Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The independent variable was education, five-level nominal variable. dependent – continuous Race/ethnicity effect modifier. Age, sex, marital status covariates. Mixed-effects regression models used data analysis. Results: Parental associated with problems. However, there inverse seen Black Latino families compared White families. documented significant statistical interaction race ethnicity on Conclusion: protective problems similar MDRs other domains. Worse expected may contribute higher-than-expected risks middle-class children.