Experiences of victimization before resettlement and chronic disease among foreign-born people in the United States

Solveig A. Cunningham, Marie Sugihara and Rebecca E. Jones-Antwi

Population Studies, 2024, vol. 78, issue 3, 447-466

Abstract: Stressful experiences are common among migrants and may have health implications. With the only US nationally representative data set on migration, the New Immigrant Survey, we used survey-adjusted descriptive and multivariate regression methods to examine whether victimization prior to resettlement was associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and chronic lung disease. Among foreign-born people who obtained lawful permanent residence in the US in 2003–04, 6.7 per cent reported victimization before arriving in the US. Those who had experienced victimization more often suffered from chronic conditions than people without such experiences: they were 32 per cent more likely to suffer from at least one chronic condition (p

Date: 2024
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