The Impact of Salmon Bias on the Hispanic Mortality Advantage: New Evidence from Social Security Data

Turra, Cássio M.; Elo, Irma T.

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“…The second and most pervasive hypothesis is called "the salmon bias". This one suggests that migrants with poorer health may choose to return to their country of origin while healthy migrants stay behind (Abraído-Lanza et al, 1999;Shai and Rosenwaike, 1987;Turra and Elo, 2009;Ullmann et al, 2011). This hypothesis reflects that health plays a crucial role in determining migrants' settlement decisions.…”

Section: Health Migration and Settlementmentioning

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The effect of health on urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants in China

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A R T I C L E I N F O Keywords:Physical health Mental health Urban-settlement intention Rural-urban migrant China A B S T R A C T Previous studies have not paid enough attention to the effect of health on urban-settlement intention of ruralurban migrants in China. Using survey data from the Rural Urban Migration in China project, this article examines how self-rated physical and mental health influence rural-urban migrants' intention to settle down in cities. First, the results show that both self-rated physical and mental health are significant factors influencing the migrants' intention to permanently move to cities. Second, the effect of physical health on rural-urban migrants' intentions to permanently reside in cities can be moderated by their length of urban residence. Third, the impact of health on rural-urban migrants' urban-settlement intention shows no generational differences. According to the research findings, this paper discusses how urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants based on health selection might impair urbanization, exacerbate health disparity between the rural and urban areas, and aggravate the burden on healthcare system in rural areas of China in the long run.

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Section: Health Migration and Settlementmentioning

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“…Other studies, by contrast, provided weak or no evidence to support this hypothesis (e.g. Abraído-Lanza et al, 1999;Sander, 2007;Turra and Elo, 2009). Besides, some studies compared the health status of migrants who returned home and nonmigrants, but only found mixed results.…”

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“…Turra and Elo (2008) directly test the unhealthy return migration of migrants aged 65 and over by comparing mortality of foreign-born and native emigrants from the US to that of immigrants and natives in the US. The authors find evidence for the "salmon bias" hypothesis for…”

Section: Migration Aging and Healthmentioning

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Migration and the Demographic Shift

Zaiceva

Zimmermann

2016

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging

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“…41,43,46 Of the 6398 women alive at last follow-up, 80.0% had follow-up within 2 years from the study end date. Foreign-born women were less likely to have had complete follow-up within the last 2 years (74.8%) than US-born women (91.4%).…”

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Nativity and Neighborhood Characteristics and Cervical Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Survival Outcomes Among Hispanic Women in California

Gomez¹,

Guendelman²,

Harley³

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Am J Public Health

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TitleNativity and neighborhood characteristics and cervical cancer stage at diagnosis and survival outcomes among hispanic women in California Despite advances in early detection, cervical cancer remains the second most-common cancer worldwide and the third most-common gynecologic malignancy in the United States, 1,2 with an age-adjusted incidence rate of 7.8 per 100 000 and mortality rate of 2.3 per 100 000 from 2007 to 2011. 3 Notably, although the incidence of cervical cancer is higher among Hispanic women (10.2 per 100 000) than among Asian/Pacific Islander (6.4), African American (9.4), and nonHispanic White (7.8) women, mortality rates among Hispanic women are comparable with those of other groups (2.8 per 100 000). 3---5Compared with women of other racial/ethnic groups, studies consistently show a survival advantage for Hispanic women after control for stage at diagnosis and other clinical and sociodemographic characteristics 2,6---13 ; this observation of lower mortality among Hispanics compared with non-Hispanic Whites is consistent with the "Hispanic paradox." 14,15 Previous studies further suggest that the paradox applies in particular to Hispanic immigrants, particularly immigrants born in Mexico. 15 A recent analysis of national data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program found that foreignborn Hispanic women had lower survival than US-born Hispanic women for early-stage disease, but better survival for late-stage disease. 16,17 However, this analysis was based on imputed data for women missing place of birth, which is problematic when one considers that SEER birthplace data are not missing at random. 18---20 The observed survival advantage may also reflect higher rates of losses to follow-up among foreign-born Hispanics, causing underreporting of cervical cancer mortality in this group if significant numbers of women return to their native country once diagnosed with later-stage disease. Thus, to date, reasons for the apparent immigrant survival advantage among women with cervical cancer are poorly understood.The "healthy immigrant effect" suggests that the Hispanic mortality advantage is greater among the foreign-born than US-born because immigrants are selected for better health 21 ; this hypothesis may explain the patterns seen for cervical cancer survival. Therefore, neighborhood characteristics including socioeconomic status (SES) and ethnic enclave (geographical areas that are culturally and ethnically concentrated and distinct from the surrounding area) may be important contributors to survival after cervical cancer diagnosis. Low-income residential ethnic enclaves may protect health by increasing residents' ability to maintain positive health behaviors such as a healthy native diet or abstention from smoking, and provide increased social support. Residents of ethnic enclave communities may also receive targeted public health services or perceive fewer barriers to care. However, ethnic enclaves tend to be of low SES and frequently have higher crime rates a...

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The Impact of Salmon Bias on the Hispanic Mortality Advantage: New Evidence from Social Security Data

Cited by 310 publications

References 20 publications

The effect of health on urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants in China

The effect of health on urban-settlement intention of rural-urban migrants in China

Migration and the Demographic Shift

Nativity and Neighborhood Characteristics and Cervical Cancer Stage at Diagnosis and Survival Outcomes Among Hispanic Women in California

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