کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
956098 928309 2011 15 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Foreign-born health integration during the transition to adulthood: The case of weight
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روانشناسی اجتماعی
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Foreign-born health integration during the transition to adulthood: The case of weight
چکیده انگلیسی

Nativity differences in youths’ health in the United States are striking—the children of foreign-born parents often have healthier outcomes than those of native-born parents. However, very little is known about how immigrant-native differences evolve within the same individuals over time, or about life cycle aspects of the health-related integration of youth with migration backgrounds. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, I examine nativity differences in trajectories of weight gain during adolescence and early adulthood, as well as the degree to which temporal patterns are stratified by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. I examine whether nativity differences converge, diverge or remain stable over time, and whether patterns are socially stratified within and across nativity groups. I find that first-generation adolescents begin at a lower weight than their third generation peers and gain weight at a significantly slower pace, resulting in meaningful differences by early adulthood. More complex examination of the relationship between nativity and weight gain reveals additional differences by ethnicity: the foreign-born advantage over time does not extend as strongly to Hispanic adolescents. The findings demonstrate how the health-related integration of foreign-born youth is tied to race/ethnicity and socioeconomic circumstances, and suggest the need to examine the ways in which social circumstances and health change together.


► I examine nativity differences in trajectories of weight gain during adolescence/early adulthood.
► I examine how temporal patterns are stratified by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
► First-generation adolescents begin at a lower weight than their peers and gain weight slower.
► The foreign-born advantage over time does not extend as strongly to Hispanic adolescents.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Social Science Research - Volume 40, Issue 5, September 2011, Pages 1419–1433
نویسندگان
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