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Self-Employed Hispanic Women Healthier Than Salaried Peers, Study Finds

4/9/2026

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A study in Ethnicity & Disease analyzes health data for 165,600 Hispanic working women from 2003–2022, comparing self-employed and salaried workers.
Self-employed women were 11% more likely to exercise and had lower odds of reporting high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and poor health.
Limitations include reliance on self-reported data and inability to establish causality.
Future research will clarify the link between work structure and cardiovascular risk for Hispanic women.

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Story summary

A study in Ethnicity & Disease analyzes health data for 165,600 Hispanic working women from 2003–2022, comparing self-employed and salaried workers.
Self-employed women were 11% more likely to exercise and had lower odds of reporting high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and poor health.
Limitations include reliance on self-reported data and inability to establish causality.
Future research will clarify the link between work structure and cardiovascular risk for Hispanic women.