Volume 25 - Article 25 | Pages 783–818
Assimilation and emerging health disparities among new generations of U.S. children
| Date received: | 14 Jun 2011 |
| Date published: | 08 Dec 2011 |
| Word count: | 8945 |
| Keywords: | assimilation, child health, disparities, immigration, race/ethnicity |
| DOI: | 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.25 |
Abstract
This article shows that the prevalence of four common child health conditions increases across generations (from first-generation immigrant children to second-generation U.S.-born children of immigrants to third-and-higher-generation children) within each of four major U.S. racial/ethnic groups. In the third-plus generation, black and Hispanic children have higher rates of nearly all conditions. Health care, socioeconomic status, parents’ health, social support, and neighborhood conditions influence child health and help explain third-and-higher-generation racial/ethnic disparities. However, these factors do not explain the generational pattern. The generational pattern may reflect cohort changes, selective ethnic attrition, unhealthy assimilation, or changing responses to survey questions among immigrant groups.
Author's Affiliation
Erin R. Hamilton - University of California, Davis, United States of America
Jodi Berger Cardoso - University of Texas at Austin, United States of America
Robert A. Hummer - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America
Yolanda C. Padilla - University of Texas at Austin, United States of America
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