Exporting poor health: the Irish in England.

Publisher: Duke University Press Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0226703 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0070-3370 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00703370 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Demography Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2021- : Durham, NC : Duke University Press
Original Publication: Washington, etc., Population Assn. of America.

Health Status Disparities*; Emigrants and Immigrants/*statistics & numerical data; Acculturation ; Adult ; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse/psychology ; Adult Survivors of Child Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; Aged ; England/epidemiology ; Female ; Health Surveys ; History, 20th Century ; History, 21st Century ; Humans ; Ireland/epidemiology ; Ireland/ethnology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Young Adult

In the twentieth century, the Irish-born population in England has typically been in worse health than both the native population and the Irish population in Ireland, a reversal of the commonly observed healthy migrant effect. Recent birth cohorts living in England and born in Ireland, however, are healthier than the English population. The substantial Irish migrant health penalty arises principally for cohorts born between 1920 and 1960. In this article, we attempt to understand the processes that generated these changing migrant health patterns for Irish migrants to England. Our results suggest a strong role for economic selection in driving the dynamics of health differences between Irish-born migrants and white English populations.

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Date Created: 20130910 Date Completed: 20140410 Latest Revision: 20240323

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PMC3858464

10.1007/s13524-013-0235-z

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