Disability Among Native-born and Foreign-born Blacks in the United States
Disability Among Native-born and Foreign-born Blacks in the United States
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DOI：
10.1007/s13524-010-0008-x
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发表时间：
2011-02-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Huang, Cheng
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作者：
Elo, Irma T.;Mehta, Neil K.;Huang, Cheng
使用来自2000年美国人口普查的5%公共使用微观数据样本（PUMS），我们研究了按出生地和西班牙裔种族区分的八个黑人亚组在残疾方面的差异。我们发现，所有外国出生的亚组报告的体力活动限制和个人护理限制水平低于本土出生的黑人。来自非洲的移民报告的残疾程度最低，其次是来自加勒比海的非西班牙裔移民。社会人口学特征和移民时间解释了这两个群体之间的差异。外国出生的健康优势在受教育程度最低的人中最为明显，但欧洲/加拿大移民除外，据报告，他们在外国出生的人中残疾程度最高。在本土和外国出生的黑人中，西班牙裔身份与较差的健康状况有关。
Using the 5% Public Use Micro Data Sample (PUMS) from the 2000 U. S. census, we examine differences in disability among eight black subgroups distinguished by place of birth and Hispanic ethnicity. We found that all foreign-born subgroups reported lower levels of physical activity limitations and personal care limitations than native-born blacks. Immigrants from Africa reported lowest levels of disability, followed by non-Hispanic immigrants from the Caribbean. Sociodemographic characteristics and timing of immigration explained the differences between these two groups. The foreign-born health advantage was most evident among the least-educated except among immigrants from Europe/Canada, who also reported the highest levels of disability among the foreign-born. Hispanic identification was associated with poorer health among both native-born and foreign-born blacks.