Aging into disadvantage: Disability crossover among Mexican immigrants in America.

ABSTRACT: The "Hispanic paradox" refers to the accepted finding that Mexican immigrants have lower mortality compared to the US-born population, despite having lower levels of income, educational attainment, and health insurance coverage. However, Mexican immigrants' mortality advantage is not matched by lower disability rates, particularly later in the life course. Past studies have identified a crossover in disability rates for Mexican immigrants using age-specific disability rates but confound the effects of aging and duration of residence. By using the synthetic cohort method, I extend prior work on the disability crossover by tracing immigrant cohorts across the life course and disentangling newly arrived immigrants from those already established in the U.S. I use American Community Survey (ACS

SUBMITTER: Levchenko Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8416786 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature