Migradollars and mortality: The effects of migration on infant survival in Mexico
Migradollars and mortality: The effects of migration on infant survival in Mexico
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DOI：
10.2307/2648057
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发表时间：
1999-08-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Donato, KM
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作者：
Kanaiaupuni, SM;Donato, KM
我们采用多层次的方法，从墨西哥的数据，研究如何村庄的迁移模式影响婴儿的生存结果的起源。我们认为，移民是一个累积的过程，在其发展的不同阶段，不同的健康影响，并测试几个相关的假设。调查结果表明，在经历美国移民密集的社区，婴儿死亡率较高。然而，有两个因素减少了移徙的破坏性影响：移徙者向村庄汇款，以及随着时间的推移移徙的制度化。汇款高时死亡率风险低，而随着移徙对社区生计的影响日益突出，死亡率风险会下降。总之，调查结果表明，最终的好处，所有的婴儿，无论家庭的迁移经验，作为一个发展的社会和经济进程与美国，移民的结果。
We apply multilevel methods to data from Mexico to examine how village migration patterns affect infant survival outcomes in origins. We argue that migration is a cumulative process with varying health effects at different stages of its progression, and test several related hypotheses. Findings suggest higher rates of infant mortality in communities experiencing intense U.S. migration. However, two factors diminish the disruptive effects of migration: migradollars, or migrant remittances to villages, and the institutionalization of migration over time. Mortality risks are low when remittances are high and decrease as migration becomes increasingly salient to livelihoods of communities. Together, the findings indicate eventual benefits to all infants, irrespective of household migration experience, as a result of the development of social and economic processes related to U.S, migration.