Inégalités de santé liées à l'immigration en France

Jusot, Florence; Silva, Jérôme; Dourgnon, Paul; Sermet, Catherine

doi:10.3917/reco.602.0385

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“…Most of the studies of health are in line with the representation of migrants as vulnerable populations, though there is more evidence of a disadvantage in self-rated health than in chronic diseases or health limitations (Khlat and Guillot 2017). Additionally, an important attenuating effect of duration of stay is often found (Attias-Donfut and Tessier 2005;Hamel and Moisy 2012;Jusot et al 2009). These patterns are consistent with a systematic review of the Canadian literature (Vang et al 2017).…”

Section: The Healthy Immigrant Effect (Hie)supporting

confidence: 56%

The Healthy Immigrant Effect: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants

Ichou¹,

Wallace²

2019

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BACKGROUND The Healthy Immigrant Effect (HIE) refers to the fact that recent migrants are in better health than the nonmigrant population in the host country. Central to explaining the HIE is the idea that migrants are positively selected in terms of their socioeconomic and health characteristics when compared to nonmigrants in their country of origin. However, due to a lack of reliable and comparable data, most existing studies rely on socioeconomic and health measures as collected in the host country after migration and do not actually measure selection. OBJECTIVE We directly test selection as an explanation of the HIE among migrants living in France. METHODS Using the French Trajectories and Origins (TeO) survey and Barro-Lee dataset, we construct a direct measure of migrants' educational selectivity. We then test its effect on health differences between migrants and nonmigrants using measures self-rated health, health limitations, and chronic illnesses, by fitting logistic regression and Karlson-Holm-Breen (KHB) decompositions. RESULTS After demonstrating that migrants in France experience an HIE, especially males, we also show that educational level as measured in the host country cannot account for the HIE. By contrast, we provide important evidence that educational selectivity constitutes a significant factor in explaining health disparities between migrant and nonmigrant populations. Ichou & Wallace: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants http://www.demographic-research.org CONTRIBUTION Capitalizing on a novel measure of migrants' educational selectivity, we give credit to the oft-cited but rarely tested theory that the HIE is a consequence of migrants' positive selection.

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The Healthy Immigrant Effect: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants

Ichou¹,

Wallace²

2019

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“…A recent study carried out in Spain found that "[f]oreign immigrants from poor countries reported the worst socio-economic conditions, but relatively good health" [33]. Other studies suggest that long distance migration may be associated with a stronger selection effect [7,26,35]. It may be that Haitians in better physical health are the ones more likely to move to French Guiana because they are able to manage the difficulties and stress associated with immigrating.…”

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Migrant health in French Guiana: Are undocumented immigrants more vulnerable?

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BackgroundFew data exist on the health status of the immigrant population in French Guiana. The main objective of this article was to identify differences in its health status in relation to that of the native-born population.MethodsA representative, population-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2009 among 1027 adults living in Cayenne and St-Laurent du Maroni. Health status was assessed in terms of self-perceived health, chronic diseases and functional limitations. The migration variables were immigration status, the duration of residence in French Guiana and the country of birth. Logistic regression models were conducted.ResultsImmigrants account for 40.5% and 57.8% of the adult population of Cayenne and St-Laurent du Maroni, respectively. Most of them (60.7% and 77.5%, respectively) had been living in French Guiana for more than 10 years. A large proportion were still undocumented or had a precarious legal status. The undocumented immigrants reported the worst health status (OR = 3.18 [1.21-7.84] for self-perceived health, OR = 2.79 [1.22-6.34] for a chronic disease, and OR = 2.17 [1.00-4.70] for a functional limitation). These differences are partially explained by socioeconomic status and psychosocial factors. The country of birth and the duration of residence also had an impact on health indicators.ConclusionData on immigrant health are scarce in France, and more generally, immigrant health problems have been largely ignored in public health policies. Immigrant health status is of crucial interest to health policy planners, and it is especially relevant in French Guiana, considering the size of the foreign-born population in that region.

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“…This is reported in Berchet and Jusot [32], who also indicate that the healthy immigrant effect was mainly observed for immigrants who settled in France before the economic crisis of the mid-1970s. And even for these first-and second-generations immigrants, studies show that they suffer from premature dependency in old age [33], and, more generally, that their health became worse than that of the French-born population from the mid-2000s [34,35].…”

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Health differentials between citizens and immigrants in Europe: A heterogeneous convergence

2019

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The literature on immigration and health has provided mixed evidence on the health differentials between immigrants and citizens, while a growing body of evidence alludes to the unhealthy assimilation of immigrants. Relying on five different health measures, the present paper investigates the heterogeneity in health patterns between immigrants and citizens, and also between immigrants depending on their country of origin. We use panel data on more than 100,000 older adults living in nineteen European countries. Our panel data methodology allows for unobserved heterogeneity. We document the existence of a healthy immigrant effect, of an unhealthy convergence, and of a reversal of the health differentials between citizens and immigrants over time. We are able to estimate the time threshold after which immigrants' health becomes worse than that of citizens. We further document some heterogeneity in the convergence of health differentials between immigrants and citizens in Europe. Namely, the unhealthy convergence is more pronounced in terms of chronic conditions for immigrants from low-HDI countries, and in terms of self-assessed health and body-mass index for immigrants from medium-and high-HDI countries.

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Inégalités de santé liées à l'immigration en France

Cited by 35 publications

References 42 publications

The Healthy Immigrant Effect: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants

The Healthy Immigrant Effect: The role of educational selectivity in the good health of migrants

Migrant health in French Guiana: Are undocumented immigrants more vulnerable?

Health differentials between citizens and immigrants in Europe: A heterogeneous convergence

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