Beyond conventional socioeconomic status: examining subjective and objective social status with self-reported health among Asian immigrants
Beyond conventional socioeconomic status: examining subjective and objective social status with self-reported health among Asian immigrants
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DOI：
10.1007/s10865-011-9367-z
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发表时间：
2012-08-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Takeuchi, David T.
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作者：
Gong, Fang;Xu, Jun;Takeuchi, David T.
尽管越来越多的证据表明，社会经济地位(SES)和健康之间存在着强烈而持久的联系，但在亚洲移民中，这种关系在很大程度上是未知的。亚洲移民是美国人口中快速增长的少数群体。以往的研究通常关注客观的社会地位(主要是教育和收入)，而忽略了自我感知的社会地位。使用来自国家拉丁裔和亚裔美国人研究(NLAAS)的数据(N=1,570)，我们检验了主观和客观SES对亚裔移民自我报告的多种健康结果的影响。结果表明，传统的SES指标总体上与自测的身体健康、身体不适、自测的心理健康和心理苦恼无显著相关。相比之下，相对于美国人和社区中的人的主观SES显示出比传统SES标记物更高的健康结果。这项研究提出了一种很有希望的方法，将主观的SES纳入健康差异研究，特别是在移民中。
Despite mounting evidence for a strong and persistent association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, this relationship is largely unknown among Asian immigrants, a fast growing minority group in the US population. Previous research has typically focused on objective SES (primarily education and income) and ignored self-perceived SES. Using data from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS) (N = 1,570), we examined the impact of subjective as well as objective SES upon multiple self-reported health outcomes among Asian immigrants. Results indicated that conventional SES indicators by and large were non-significantly related to self-rated physical health, physical discomfort, self-rated mental health, and psychological distress. In contrast, subjective SES relative to people in the United States and people in the community showed strong associations with health outcomes above and beyond conventional SES markers. This study suggested a promising avenue to incorporate subjective SES in health disparities research, especially among immigrants.