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Duration or disadvantage?
— exploring nativity, ethnicity and health in midlife | | Author(s) | Jacqueline L Angel, Cynthia J Buckley, Art Sakamoto |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 5, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp S275-S284 |
| Keywords | Middle aged ; Ethnic groups ; Natives ; Overseas visitors ; Ill health ; Cognitive impairment ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The US Health and Retirement Study (HRS), an in-depth economic, social and health database of middle-aged and older people, was used in this examination of place of birth as a risk factor for poor physical and mental health in the transition to retirement. The authors considered whether the health disadvantage observed for immigrants lessens with increased time spent in a country (supporting theories of assimilation) or increases with duration of residence (supporting theories of cumulative disadvantage). Analysis was restricted to 9,912 native born and 1,031 foreign born individuals. After controlling for socio-economic factors, foreign-born individuals were at higher risk of poor emotional health than their native-born counterparts. Although ageing immigrants displayed worse health than the native-born population, this disadvantage was mediated by duration of residence (young age at migration) and socio-economic incorporation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011025210 A |
| Classmark | SE: TK: TIN: TIR: CH: E4: 3F: 7T |
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