Health and Place
Volume 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 678-692

Contextual factors and immigrants' health status: Double jeopardy (Article)

Lorant V.* , Van Oyen H. , Thomas I.
  • a Public Health School, Université Catholique de Louvain, Clos Chapelle aux Champs 30.41, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
  • b Epidemiology, IPH, Belgium
  • c National Fund for Scientific Research and Institute of Geography, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Abstract

Poor health among immigrants may be accounted for not only by socio-economic factors affecting individuals but also by the environment in which they live. We investigated the association of contextual factors with disparities in self-rated health between native and immigrant groups. The findings indicated that, compared with native-born Belgians, immigrant groups from Turkey and Morocco were more likely to have poorer self-rated health. When contextual factors and individual socio-economic status were allowed for, all immigrant groups had a health status that was similar to or even better than that of native-born Belgians. Immigrants face a double jeopardy at both the individual and the contextual level. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

immigrants Health Social class Environmental issues Social environment

Index Keywords

immigrant Eurasia logistic regression analysis indigenous people sex ratio human controlled study priority journal health status comparative study socioeconomic status socioeconomic conditions social status ethnic difference Africa Belgium Article employment status North Africa Turkey age distribution Morocco
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-45449106381&doi=10.1016%2fj.healthplace.2007.10.012&partnerID=40&md5=4bfd53392ac6cc0e334715fabacbb1c4
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.10.012
ISSN: 13538292
Cited by: 49
Original Language: English