Social Forces
Volume 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 581-593

Immigrant acculturation, gender and health behavior: A research note (Review)

Lopez-Gonzalez L.* , Aravena V.C. , Hummer R.A.
  • a University of Texas, Austin, United States, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A1700, Austin, TX 78712-1088, United States
  • b University of Texas, Austin, United States
  • c University of Texas, Austin, United States

Abstract

Previous research shows that the health behavior of immigrants is favorable to that of native-born adults in the United States. We utilize pooled data from the 1998-2001 National Health Interview Surveys and multinomial logistic regression techniques to build on this literature and examine the association between acculturation and immigrant smoking and alcohol use. We also examine how acculturation relates to health behaviors by gender. Results indicate that the health behavior of more acculturated immigrant women is less positive than that of less acculturated women. For men, acculturation seems to make little difference for health behavior. Thus, it is important to not only consider how acculturation is related to health, but how the acculturation process differs across population subgroups. © The University of North Carolina Press.

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-27144434765&doi=10.1353%2fsof.2005.0112&partnerID=40&md5=185735618e770b6b98977ec52f7b2760
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0112
ISSN: 00377732
Cited by: 91
Original Language: English