Healthy Immigrants? Exploring Depressive Symptoms Among Caribbean and Mexican Immigrants

被引:2
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作者
Abdul-Malak, Ynesse [1 ]
机构
[1] Colgate Univ, 13 Oak Dr, Hamilton, NY 13346 USA
关键词
Race; ethnicity; Depressive symptoms; Immigration; Mexicans; Caribbean immigrants; MENTAL-HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS; AFRICAN-AMERICANS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NATIONAL-SURVEY; UNITED-STATES; SUBSTANCE USE; PREVALENCE; LATINO; DISCRIMINATION;
D O I
10.1007/s40615-019-00677-7
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Are there disparities in depressive symptoms among immigrant groups from different countries? With data from the New Immigrant Survey (2003), which includes immigrants from Mexico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Cuba, and Jamaica, this paper examines the odds of depressive symptoms using a series of logistic regression analyses. It draws on segmented assimilation and the cumulative inequality theories to understand and explicate the extent to which immigrants' demographic characteristics, pre-immigration experiences, and acculturation in the USA might have an impact on immigrants' mental health outcomes. Being from Haiti; Dominican Republic; Cuba; and a woman, with unfavorable childhood health, and migrated at an early age were statistically significant predictors of depressive symptoms. Compared to Mexican immigrants, Cuban and Dominican immigrants reported higher odds of depressive symptoms, controlling for gender, age, education, and pre-immigration experiences. By contrast, Haitian and Jamaican immigrants reported lower odds of depressive symptoms. Female immigrants had higher odds of reporting depressive symptoms compared to their male counterparts. Relative to immigrants with good childhood health, those with unfavorable childhood health had higher odds of reporting worse health outcomes. In the logistic regression models, immigrants who migrated at older age reported lower odds of depressive symptoms. By shedding light on the health status of understudied Caribbean immigrant groups in comparison with Mexican immigrants, this study challenges the healthy migrant effect and serves as a starting point to guide policies that aim at decreasing health disparities among different immigrant groups.
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页码:488 / 497
页数:10
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