Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course
The weathering hypothesis implies that there is an interaction between age and race or ethnicity that results in marginalized groups experiencing a more rapid decline in health than the dominant groups. This hypothesis has been tested mostly focusing on racial and ethnic health inequalities, while l...
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| description | The weathering hypothesis implies that there is an interaction between age and race or ethnicity that results in marginalized groups experiencing a more rapid decline in health than the dominant groups. This hypothesis has been tested mostly focusing on racial and ethnic health inequalities, while less is known about weathering by immigration background. This paper aims at contributing to this strand of research by addressing four research questions: is the health of immigrants declining at a faster pace over the life-course, compared to non-immigrants? Do higher levels of education protect immigrants from accelerated ageing compared to non-immigrants? How do income and marital status affect the health trajectories of immigrants and non-immigrants? How do these patterns vary by sex? We use longitudinal survey data to estimate healthy ageing trajectories of immigrants and non-immigrants over the life-course, in the German context. We examine the roles of education, income, and marital status, separately for men and women. We find that immigrants, and especially immigrant women, have a faster health decline than non-immigrants; that high education is linked to higher levels of health, but does not protect immigrants from ageing in poorer health compared to non-immigrants; and that health disparities between immigrants and non-immigrants persist over the life-course net of the socio-economic controls, which appear to be secondary to other unobserved determinants. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dc860516d61d43c29eb25dc529e495bb2025-01-24T04:45:48ZengElsevierJournal of Migration and Health2666-62352025-01-0111100303Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-courseSilvia Loi0Peng Li1Mikko Myrskylä2Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany; Max Planck–University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, Helsinki, Finland; Corresponding author at: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 1, Rostock 18057, Germany.Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany; Max Planck–University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, Helsinki, FinlandMax Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany; Max Planck–University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, Helsinki, Finland; Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandThe weathering hypothesis implies that there is an interaction between age and race or ethnicity that results in marginalized groups experiencing a more rapid decline in health than the dominant groups. This hypothesis has been tested mostly focusing on racial and ethnic health inequalities, while less is known about weathering by immigration background. This paper aims at contributing to this strand of research by addressing four research questions: is the health of immigrants declining at a faster pace over the life-course, compared to non-immigrants? Do higher levels of education protect immigrants from accelerated ageing compared to non-immigrants? How do income and marital status affect the health trajectories of immigrants and non-immigrants? How do these patterns vary by sex? We use longitudinal survey data to estimate healthy ageing trajectories of immigrants and non-immigrants over the life-course, in the German context. We examine the roles of education, income, and marital status, separately for men and women. We find that immigrants, and especially immigrant women, have a faster health decline than non-immigrants; that high education is linked to higher levels of health, but does not protect immigrants from ageing in poorer health compared to non-immigrants; and that health disparities between immigrants and non-immigrants persist over the life-course net of the socio-economic controls, which appear to be secondary to other unobserved determinants.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623525000029Weathering hypothesisAgeingHealth trajectoriesImmigrant health |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Loi Peng Li Mikko Myrskylä Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course Journal of Migration and Health Weathering hypothesis Ageing Health trajectories Immigrant health |
| title | Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course |
| title_full | Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course |
| title_fullStr | Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course |
| title_short | Unequal weathering: How immigrants’ health advantage vanishes over the life-course |
| title_sort | unequal weathering how immigrants health advantage vanishes over the life course |
| topic | Weathering hypothesis Ageing Health trajectories Immigrant health |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666623525000029 |
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