Heterogeneity in Migrant Health Selection: The Role of Immigrant Visas

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• Personal Author:
  Bacong AM ; de Castro AB ; Gee GC ; Hing AK ; Morey BN
• Description:
  This study proposes that visa status is an important construct that is central to understanding how health selection occurs among immigrants. We used the 2017 baseline survey data of the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (n = 1,632) to compare the health of nonmigrants remaining in the Philippines and migrants surveyed prior to migration to the United States. Furthermore, we compared migrant health by visa type: limited family reunification, unlimited family reunification, fiancé(e)/marriage, and employment. Migrants reported fewer health conditions than nonmigrants overall. However, health varied among migrants by visa type. Migrants with fiancé(e)/marriage visas were the healthiest, reporting significantly fewer health conditions than the other groups. Limited family reunification migrants reported more health conditions than nonmigrants and unlimited family reunification migrants. We discuss how the immigration visa process reflects broader forms of social and political stratification that cause heterogeneity in immigrant health selection. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cohort Studies Demography Family Healthcare Disparities Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Health Selection Cohort Studies Demographic Characteristics Families Health Disparities Health Surveys Immigrants Immigrant Visas Philippines Policy Social Stratification

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• ISSN:
  0022-1465
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  359-376
• Volume:
  61
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063862
• Citation:
  J Health Soc Behav 2020 Sep; 61(3):359-376
• Contact Point Address:
  Brittany N. Morey, Department of Health, Society, and Behavior, Program in Public Health, University of California-Irvine, 653 E. Peltason Drive, Anteater Instruction and Research Building (AIRB) 2022, Irvine, CA 92697-3957, USA
• Email:
  brittany.morey@uci.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Health and Social Behavior
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73384ad6856ec83796020639431e9e5eab615196ee59a8b04ff027ba5c4966be6bc7cb199f5b472357e44222964731d6103c142326eb957ea0eaddc4c052f916
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222407/cdc_222407_DS1.pdf
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