Return Migration and Disability by Life Course Stage of Return: Evidence Against the Salmon Bias.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Life course theory points to unique characteristics among older immigrants that may differentiate older age return migration from return at younger ages in terms of health. To investigate how the health of returnees may differ by age-at-return, this analysis compares disability between 3 groups of Mexican adults with a history of migration to the United States: those who return to Mexico before age 50, those who return at 50 and older, and those who remain in the United States at age 50 and older.

Methods

Data from two nationally representative data sets, the U.S. Health and Retirement Study and the Mexican Health and Aging Study, are combined to create a data set representing Mexicans 50 and older with a history of migration to the United States. Adopting a life

SUBMITTER: Sheftel MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873829 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature