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Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Self-rated Health Among Chinese and Vietnamese American Immigrants.
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Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health . Jun2021, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p574-582. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Immigrants tend to live in areas with higher co-ethnic density, and the effect of neighborhood ethnic composition could be particularly salient for health. This study explored associations between neighborhood ethnic composition and self-rated health among Asian immigrants. We analyzed data collected at baseline from 670 Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants enrolled in a lifestyle intervention trial. Residential addresses were geocoded and combined with neighborhood socio-demographic profiles based on census data. We used generalized estimating equations to examine neighborhood ethnic composition and self-rated health. Independent of individual-level factors, living in neighborhoods more densely populated by whites was associated with poor/fair self-rated health. Neighborhood household income and density of participants' own ethnic group were not associated with poor/fair self-rated health. More research is warranted to disentangle reasons why Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants living in white-concentrated neighborhoods reported poorer self-rated health, including investigating effects of discrimination, relative deprivation, and availability of social resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *IMMIGRANTS
*LIFESTYLES
*STATISTICS
*POPULATION density
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*SELF-evaluation
*DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
*TELEPHONES
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*HEALTH status indicators
*VIETNAMESE Americans
*INCOME
*SURVEYS
*SOCIOECONOMIC factors
*RESEARCH funding
*RESIDENTIAL patterns
*DATA analysis
*WHITE people
*DATA analysis software
*ODDS ratio
*SECONDARY analysis
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15571912
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149989385
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-020-01041-2