Assessing the “healthy immigrant effect” in mental health: Intra- and inter-cohort trends in mood and/or anxiety disorders

Joyce Mason, Audrey Laporte, James Ted McDonald, Paul Kurdyak, Ethan Fosse and Claire de Oliveira

Social Science & Medicine, 2024, vol. 340, issue C

Abstract: The healthy immigrant effect implies that, at the time of immigration, new immigrants are typically healthier than the Canadian-born population. Furthermore, this health advantage fades the longer cohorts of immigrants remain in the host country.

Keywords: Healthy immigrant effect; Immigrant; Mood disorders; Anxiety disorders; Mental health care utilization; Survey data; Administrative health care data; Intra- and inter-cohort trends (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116367

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