A Scoping Review of the Health of East and Southeast Asian Female Marriage Migrants

Yu, Zhiyuan; Bowers, Barbara J.; Yeoh, Brenda S. A.

doi:10.1007/s10903-019-00901-w

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“…Our results are consistent with studies on marriage migrants in China, which have found that most long-distance female marriage migrants marry men who are less favourable in their local marriage market (e.g., Fan & Huang, 1998). The results also resonate with evidence on transnational marriage migration, which emphasizes that the lack of kinship network support, the reliance on husbands and occupying a relatively disadvantaged position in the receiving society might undermine the wife's mental and physical health in the long term (Yu et al, 2020).…”

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confidence: 86%

“…International studies suggest that marriage migrants are faced with different forms of vulnerability. For example, the lack of support from the natal kinship network and friends might prevent women from seeking help when they are ill-treated (H.-C. Chang, 2016;Yu et al, 2020). The spousal disparities in age, lifestyle and values might give rise to marital conflicts and undermine marital quality (Choi & Vasunilashorn, 2014;Dribe & Lundh, 2012).…”

Section: Simultaneous Marriage and Migrationmentioning

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Do migration outcomes relate to gender? Lessons from a study of internal migration, marriage and later‐life health in China

Zhang

Nazroo

Zhang

2023

Population Space and Place

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There has been increasing recognition in the literature that migration and marriage events are interdependent. However, previous studies on migration and gendered health outcomes focus on isolated migration events and rarely embed the migration process in the context of family life course. This study aims to narrow the research gap by examining the impacts of combined internal migration and marriage histories on health and how these vary by gender from a life course perspective. We utilized the rich life history data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study and the analytical sample is composed of people of age 50 years and above with rural origin, who have migrated and married (N = 3096). By employing sequence analysis, we identified eight typical patterns of marriage-migration histories for older Chinese people. Thereafter, linear regression and Poisson regression were used to examine the relationship between these patterns and four later-life health outcomes (depressive symptoms, self-rated health, physical functioning and cognitive impairment). To address the selectivity into different marriage-migration trajectories, we further employed inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment estimators for robustness checks. Results show that migrating in early adulthood before marriage leads to better health outcomes than migrating after marriage or migrating and getting married simultaneously. Moreover, health differences among these three groups are larger among women than men. Further analysis suggests that the relative health advantages of those, in particular for women, who migrate before marriage compared with those who migrate and marry simultaneously can be partly explained by their higher chances of gaining urban citizenship (converting to a nonagricultural Hukou) and marrying highly educated spouses. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of these findings for both internal migration in China and international migration.

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Do migration outcomes relate to gender? Lessons from a study of internal migration, marriage and later‐life health in China

Zhang

Nazroo

Zhang

2023

Population Space and Place

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“…The first theory is the healthy immigrant effect, which asserts that immigrants generally have better health because healthier people are more likely to immigrate to seek a better life, and medical examinations required by immigration authorities in host countries may also prevent less healthy individuals from immigrating [ 8 ]. The healthy immigrant effect has been supported among married female immigrants in Taiwan [ 10 ]. Furthermore, although married female immigrants reported higher acculturative stress and lower spousal support, they reported fewer depressive symptoms than native women [ 11 ].…”

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“…Thus, immigrants may not be truly healthy, and the disease and mortality of immigrants may be underestimated and that is why they return to their countries of origin. Some studies have partially supported the salmon bias effect in married female immigrants [ 10 , 14 - 16 ]. Specifically, married female immigrants were reported to be more likely to experience physical and mental disorders than native populations in Asian countries [ 10 , 15 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some studies have partially supported the salmon bias effect in married female immigrants [ 10 , 14 - 16 ]. Specifically, married female immigrants were reported to be more likely to experience physical and mental disorders than native populations in Asian countries [ 10 , 15 ]. Furthermore, depression was one of the main concerns among mental disorders; married female immigrants reported having a higher prevalence of depression during the antenatal (31.8% vs 18.6%, respectively) [ 16 ] and postpartum period (41.1% vs 8.4%, respectively) [ 17 , 18 ] than native women.…”

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Comprehensive Comparisons of Family Health Between Families With One Immigrant Parent and Native Families in Taiwan: Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

Chen¹,

Ho²

2022

JMIR Public Health Surveill

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Background Mothers and children in families with one immigrant parent have been reported to be healthier than those in native families; however, the health of the fathers in these families has rarely been discussed in literature. Objective We aimed to comprehensively compare the health of all the family members between families with one immigrant parent (native fathers, immigrant mothers, and their children) and native families (native fathers, native mothers, and their children). Methods We conducted a cohort study by using the Taiwan Maternal and Child Health Database to recruit live-born children and their parents from 2004 to 2016. Overall, we identified 90,670 fathers, 91,270 mothers, and 132,457 children in families with one immigrant parent and 1,666,775 fathers, 1,734,104 mothers, and 2,637,191 children in native families and followed up with them from 2004 to 2017. The outcomes comprised common physical and mental disorders, catastrophic illnesses, mortality, and child adversities and accidents. The covariates comprised the child’s year of birth, parental age, low-income status, and physical or mental disorder status. Logistic regression was performed to compare the risks of the outcomes between families with one immigrant parent and native families. Results The parents in families with one immigrant parent were more likely to be of low-income status and were older than the parents in native families. After adjusting for the covariates, fathers in families with one immigrant parent were found to have higher risks of physical and mental disorders, catastrophic illness, and mortality than fathers in native families. Conversely, mothers in families with one immigrant parent had lower risks of physical and mental disorders, catastrophic illness, and mortality than mothers in native families. Finally, the children in families with one immigrant parent generally had better physical and mental health but higher risks for leukemia, liver diseases, autism spectrum disorder, and road traffic accidents than children in native families. Conclusions The health status of the members of families with one immigrant parent was nonhomogeneous, and the poorer general health of fathers in such families suggests health inequalities in families with one immigrant parent.

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Maternal healthcare and associated factors among married migrant women in Changzhou, China

Zong

Sun

Mao

et al. 2021

China popul. dev. stud.

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A Scoping Review of the Health of East and Southeast Asian Female Marriage Migrants

Cited by 5 publications

References 79 publications

Do migration outcomes relate to gender? Lessons from a study of internal migration, marriage and later‐life health in China

Do migration outcomes relate to gender? Lessons from a study of internal migration, marriage and later‐life health in China

Comprehensive Comparisons of Family Health Between Families With One Immigrant Parent and Native Families in Taiwan: Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

Maternal healthcare and associated factors among married migrant women in Changzhou, China

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