A Note on the Relationship between Acculturation and Socioeconomic Status

Negy, Charles; Woods, D.

doi:10.1177/07399863920142004

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“…(41) Many of the risk factors for asthma that are found in poorer households in general may actually be less common among poorer, less acculturated, Hispanic households. (42) Increased acculturation has been linked to higher prevalence of asthma risk factors including shorter duration of breastfeeding,(43) smoking,(44) prematurity(45, 46) and poor diet,(47) and has been shown to be a risk factor for asthma among Mexican Hispanics. (48, 49) Although we adjusted for the subject child’s birth outside the U.S., our analyses did not adjust for the immigration status of the child’s parent, and thus acculturation is a potential explanation for the inverse relationship between poverty and asthma we found among Hispanics, although differences in diagnosis and gene-by-environment interactions may also play a role.…”

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Neighborhood poverty, urban residence, race/ethnicity, and asthma: Rethinking the inner-city asthma epidemic

Keet

McCormack

Pollack

et al. 2015

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

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Background Although it is thought that inner-city areas have a high burden of asthma, the prevalence of asthma in inner-cities across the U.S. is not known. Objective To estimate the prevalence of current asthma in U.S. children living in inner-city and non-inner city areas, and to examine whether urban residence, poverty or race/ethnicity are the main drivers of asthma disparities. Methods The National Health Interview Survey 2009–2011 was linked by census tract to data from the U.S. Census and the National Center for Health Statistics. Multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for sex, age, race/ethnicity, residence in an urban, suburban, medium metro or small metro/rural area, poverty, and birth outside the U.S. with current asthma and asthma morbidity as outcome variables. Inner-city areas were defined as urban areas with ≥20% of households below the poverty line. Results 23,065 children living in 5,853 census tracts were included. The prevalence of current asthma was 12.9% in inner-city and 10.6% in non-inner-city areas, but this difference was not significant after adjusting for race/ethnicity, region, age and sex. In fully adjusted models, Black race, Puerto Rican ethnicity and lower household income, but not residence in poor or urban areas, were independent risk factors for current asthma. Household poverty increased the risk of asthma among non-Hispanics and Puerto Ricans but not among other Hispanics. Associations with asthma morbidity were very similar to prevalent asthma. Conclusions Although the prevalence of asthma is high in some inner-city areas, this is largely explained by demographic factors and not by living in an urban neighborhood.

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Neighborhood poverty, urban residence, race/ethnicity, and asthma: Rethinking the inner-city asthma epidemic

Keet

McCormack

Pollack

et al. 2015

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

187

110

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“…Although other studies have shown that increasing acculturation and education each are associated with increased leisure-time physical activity [7,36–38], and indeed some studies have suggested the role of interaction shaping Latino health more generally [39,40], little empirical evidence exists documenting the extent to which education modifies associations between acculturation and physical activity (or vice versa). The joint effects we observed may be attributable to fundamental resources [21], where individuals with greater SEP and greater English-language use may be able to avail themselves of the benefits of being physically active.…”

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Clashing paradigms: an empirical examination of cultural proxies and socioeconomic condition shaping Latino health

Echeverría

Pentakota

Abraído-Lanza

et al. 2013

Annals of Epidemiology

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Objective Much debate exists regarding the role of culture versus socioeconomic position in shaping the health of Latino populations. We propose that both may matter for health and explicitly test their independent and joint effects on smoking and physical activity. Methods We used the 2010 National Health Interview Survey, a population-based survey of the U.S. population, to estimate the prevalence of smoking and physical activity by language use (cultural proxy) and education among Latino adults (n = 4929). We fit log binomial regression models to estimate prevalence ratios and test for interaction. Results English-language use and educational attainment were each independently associated with smoking and physical activity. Joint effect models showed that individuals with both greater use of the English language and low levels of education were nearly three times more likely to smoke (prevalence ratio, 2.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.83–3.65) than those with low English language use and high education (referent group); high acculturation and high education were jointly associated with increased activity (prevalence ratio 2.24, 95% confidence interval, 1.79–2.81). Conclusions Cultural proxies such as language use and educational attainment are both important determinants of health among Latinos. Their joint effect suggests the need to simultaneously consider Latinos' socioeconomic position and their increased risk of adopting health-damaging behaviors while addressing culturally-specific factors that may mitigate risk.

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“…Finally, marginalizaed individuals neither maintain their own culture nor connect with the dominant culture. The development and deployment of specific acculturative strategies are influenced by personal attributes such as age, socioeconomic status (SES), and language acquisition (Dow 2011), which determine the variation in the degree and rate of acculturation across groups and across individuals of the same group (Berry 1997;Dow 2011;Negy and Woods 1992). Immigrants with higher level of SES have more social, intellectual, and economic resources to overcome the external barriers (i.e., better acculturative strategies) and to cope with their internal distress (Dow 2011).…”

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The Effects of Acculturation on Intimate Partner Violence Among Chinese Immigrants in New York City

Kim

Sung

2015

J Fam Viol

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Little research has examined the role of acculturation in the determination of intimate partner violence (IPV) among Chinese immigrants in the United States. Data on 166 IPV Chinese immigrant couples obtained from a Chinese American community organization were analyzed for this study. Findings show that the level of acculturation and socioeconomic status were associated with severity, frequency, length, and type of abuse committed by Chinese immigrant men although not all factors played an equally important role in explaining IPV. Certain Chinese immigrant victim characteristics, such as having social networks, were also related to the experience of IPV.

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A Note on the Relationship between Acculturation and Socioeconomic Status

Cited by 67 publications

References 12 publications

Neighborhood poverty, urban residence, race/ethnicity, and asthma: Rethinking the inner-city asthma epidemic

Neighborhood poverty, urban residence, race/ethnicity, and asthma: Rethinking the inner-city asthma epidemic

Clashing paradigms: an empirical examination of cultural proxies and socioeconomic condition shaping Latino health

The Effects of Acculturation on Intimate Partner Violence Among Chinese Immigrants in New York City

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