Origin country conflict and immigrant physical health
Ryan Compton,
Andrea Craig,
Dörte Heger and
Karl Skogstad
No 1068, Ruhr Economic Papers from RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen
Abstract:
Using multiple waves of Statistics Canada's Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) linked with the Longitudinal Immigration Database (IMDB), as well as the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)/ International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) Armed Conflict Dataset, we examine the effect of exposure to pre-migration conflict on the post-migration physical health outcomes of immigrants to Canada. Our results demonstrate that immigrants from conflict zones face unique physical health challenges that continue post-migration. Better understanding these challenges will help health policy makers and providers to better respond to the needs of people migrating from these regions of the world.
Keywords: Conflict; health; refugees; immigrants; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 I10 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.4419/96973240
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