Jacqueline L. Angel

About

Jacqueline L. Angel is a Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and holds the Wilbur J. Cohen Professorship of Health and Social Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on health and retirement issues in the United States, with particular attention to older minorities. She examines the impact of social policy on the Hispanic population and Mexican American families, contributing to understanding how social policies influence health and economic outcomes for these groups.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Gerontology
• Medicine
• Environmental health
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Economics
• Demography
• Economic growth
• Business

Selected publications

• Living Alone in the United States and Europe: The Impact of Public Support on the Independence of Older Adults

  Research on Aging · 2020 · 51 citations

  While we know that living alone is often associated with greater risk of financial hardship, we have limited knowledge on the possible link between the availability of public support and independent living. We use data from the 2014 Health and Retirement Study and the 2011-2015 Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe to compare income and wealth profiles of the population aged 60 and above who are living alone in the United States and 19 European countries. We find that the likelihood…

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• Local Government Efforts to Mitigate the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic among Older Adults

  Journal of Aging & Social Policy · 2020 · 35 citations

  1st authorCorresponding

  As the coronavirus crisis spreads swiftly through the population, it takes a particularly heavy toll on minority individuals and older adults, with older minority adults at especially high risk. Given the shockingly high rates of infections and deaths in nursing homes, staying in the community appears to be a good option for older adults in this crisis, but in order for some older adults to do so much assistance is required. This situation draws attention to the need for benevolent intervention…

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• Dual Trajectories of Dementia and Social Support in the Mexican-Origin Population

  The Gerontologist · 2020 · 33 citations

  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In the next few decades, the number of Mexican American older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders will increase dramatically. Given that this population underutilizes formal care services, the degree of care responsibilities in Mexican American families is likely to increase at the same time. However, little is known about the changing need for assistance with instrumental day-to-day activities and emotional support by long-term patterns of cognitive…

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• Health and social correlates of dementia in oldest‐old Mexican‐origin populations

  Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions · 2020 · 19 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  INTRODUCTION: Substantial gaps in research remain across oldest-old ethnic populations while the burden of dementia increases exponentially with age among Mexican and Mexican American older adults. METHODS: Prevalence and correlates of dementia among individuals ≥82 years of age were examined using two population-based cohort studies: The Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS, n = 1078, 2012) and the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (HEPESE, n = 735, 201…

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• Religious Involvement and Cognitive Function Among White, Black, and Hispanic Older Adults

  Research on Aging · 2024-08-07 · 6 citations

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  We examined whether religious involvement was associated with cognitive function among older adults in the 2006–2020 waves of the Health and Retirement Study. Using growth curve analysis, we found the association between religious involvement and cognition varied by facet of religious involvement and race and Hispanic ethnicity. Attending religious services with friends was associated with higher initial levels of cognitive function (b = 0.22, p < .05). For Hispanic older adults, frequent att…

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Recent grants

• Conference Series on Aging in the Americas: United States and Mexico-Renewal

  NIH · $539k · 2009–2030

• NIH Grant R01MD005894

  NIH · $736k · 2014

• A Binational Study of the Dementia Trajectory and Living Arrangements in the U.S. and Mexico

  NIH · $145k · 2019–2022

Frequent coauthors

• Ronald J. Angel

  The University of Texas at Austin

  65 shared

• Sunshine Rote

  30 shared

• Kyriakos S. Markides

  19 shared

• Stipica Mudražija

  University of Washington

  15 shared

• William A. Vega

  Florida International University

  11 shared

• Phillip Cantu

  The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

  10 shared

• Mariana López‐Ortega

  10 shared

• Fernando Torres-Gil

  University of California, Los Angeles

  9 shared

Education

• PhD, LBJ School of Public Affairs

  Jacqueline

  1989

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