Migration and Cognitive Health Disparities: The Arab American and Refugee Case

Tala Al-Rousan, Lily Kamalyan, Alissa Bernstein Sideman, Bruce Miller, Rawan AlHeresh, Alison Moore, María J Marquine, Grigoris Argeros, Kristine J Ajrouch and Markus Schafer

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2023, vol. 78, issue 1, 111-123

Abstract: ObjectivesThis study investigates whether the year of arrival to the United States (U.S.) and birthplace relate to postmigration cognitive difficulties among foreign- and U.S.-born Arab Americans in later life.MethodsWe analyzed 19 years (2000–2019) of data from the American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Samples (weighted N = 393,501; ages ≥ 50 years). Cognitive difficulty was based on self-reported data, and weighted means, percentages, adjusted prevalence estimates, and adjusted odds ratio were calculated.ResultsControlling only for demographics, foreign-born Arabs reported higher odds of cognitive difficulty compared to U.S.-born Arabs across all arrival cohorts (p

Keywords: Alzheimers disease; Health disparities; Migration; Minority aging (race/ethnicity) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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