African Immigrants in the United States: A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks

Djamba, Yanyi K.

doi:10.1177/002190969903400204

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“…This aligns with the findings presented by Djamba (1999) where he reported that the majority of immigrants who resettled in the US in late 1990s were more likely to be married and more educated compared to native-born Blacks. In the same vein, McCabe (2011) found not only that African immigrants were more likely to be educated, but also more likely to work in the civilian labor force compared to African-Americans.…”

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Factors associated with health insurance coverage and health insurance knowledge among Congolese immigrants and African-Americans in Illinois

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Aim The disproportionately high rates of adverse health outcomes among the African-American community represent an important issue in the US. Moreover, previous research has shown substantial racial disparities in US health insurance status due to factors such as unemployment, lack of education, and poverty. However, the role of immigrant status within the Black community in understanding such disparities has not been well studied. The objective of this study was to assess factors associated with health insurance status and health insurance knowledge among Congolese immigrants and African-Americans in a micro-urban area of the Midwest. Subjects and methods A cross-sectional survey of a community-based sample was conducted among Black residents (Congolese immigrants and African-Americans). A sample size of 109 people was obtained out of which fiftyfive Congolese and fifty-four African-Americans were recruited.Results For Congolese, the length of stay in the US was statistically related to health insurance status; the shorter they have been in the country, the more likely they had coverage (p<.005). Limited English proficiency and high insurance premiums were identified as barriers to health care access among Congolese and African-Americans, respectively. Conclusion The results highlight the heterogeneity of Black community. Understanding how ethnicity affects health behaviors such as health insurance coverage remains a topic for further research.

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Factors associated with health insurance coverage and health insurance knowledge among Congolese immigrants and African-Americans in Illinois

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“…However, there has been insufficient research conducted to explain why these disparities exist [46,47]. Historically, African immigrants and African-Americans have been studied as one racial group in the US, although health outcomes may differ in African-descent populations due to differences in socioeconomic status [48] and genetic admixture [13]. The practice of grouping of all African-descent populations into the ''Black/AfricanAmerican'' category without consideration of country of origin, masks socioeconomic and cultural differences and needs re-evaluation [49].…”

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The Afro-Cardiac Study: Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Acculturation in West African Immigrants in the United States: Rationale and Study Design

Commodore‐Mensah

Sampah

Berko

et al. 2015

J Immigrant Minority Health

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States (US). African-descent populations bear a disproportionate burden of CVD risk factors. With the increase in the number of West African immigrants (WAIs) to the US over the past decades, it is imperative to specifically study this new and substantial subset of the African-descent population and how acculturation impacts their CVD risk. The Afro-Cardiac study, a community-based cross-sectional study of adult WAIs in the Baltimore-Washington metropolis. Guided by the PRECEDE-PROCEED model, we used a modification of the World Health Organization Steps survey to collect data on demographics, socioeconomic status, migration-related factors and behaviors. We obtained physical, biochemical, acculturation measurements as well as a socio-demographic and health history. Our study provides critical data on the CVD risk of WAIs. The framework used is valuable for future epidemiological studies addressing CVD risk and acculturation among immigrants.

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“…Most voluntary Black migrants during the early 1900s came from the Caribbean (Reimers 2005), but after US migration policy liberalized in the mid1960s migration from Africa increased, and it more than tripled between 1980 and 2005 (Kent 2007). By 1980, most new African arrivals were Black, shifting the African immigrant population from majority white in 1980 to majority Black by 1990 (Djamba 1999).…”

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The Magnifying Effect of Privilege: Earnings Inequalities at the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Nativity

Nawyn¹,

Gjokaj²

2014

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Feminist concerns about the epistemological problems of quantitative methods have resulted in an underdevelopment of quantitative approaches that could contribute to existing intersectional theory. Further, feminist scholars commonly consider the effects of gender as it intersects with race or class, but relatively little of this research has included nativity (being either an immigrant or native-born to a society). This article addresses these shortcomings by examining patterns of earnings inequality at the intersection of gender, race, and nativity, comparing cohorts of African-born Black and white immigrants to their US-born counterparts over multiple time-points. Further, the depressive effects of gender are large enough so that while there are differences in women's earnings across race and nativity, nearly all groups of men still earn more than nearly all groups of women. The article's results demonstrate that privilege has a magnifying effect, with the advantages conferred from one privileged status increasing the effects of other privilege statuses, which become larger over time. These findings contribute to how feminists understand privileges and oppressions emerging from the intersections of gender with other social statuses, and how such intersections shape economic inequality. Keywords: African migrants / earnings gap / economic inequality / feminist research methods / gender inequality / intersectionalityIn this article, we argue for the utility of quantitative analysis for understanding the intersecting effects of gender, race, and immigration status, or nativity (that is, whether someone is native born or foreign born), on earnings. Most 86 · Feminist Formations 26.2 intersectional analyses utilize qualitative methodologies, but we propose that it is also useful to use quantitative methods to understand intersecting relationships. In doing so, we argue that scholars can better compare differently oppressed or privileged groups by identifying macro-level patterns of inequality among groups. Specifically, our research shows that one privileged status magnifies the positive economic outcomes of other privilege statuses. Thus, greater differences in earnings can be seen in the intersecting status of privileged groups compared to oppressed groups. Because of this, intersecting statuses produce greater differences in earnings among different groups of men than among groups of women.This study fills some important gaps in the literature on gender and intersectionality. First, little research exists on the intersecting effects of gender, race, and nativity, so we know relatively little about how these statuses work in tandem with one another to shape economic opportunities for migrant women and men. Second, gender is often treated as a control variable in studies of immigrant earnings, without adequate explanation of how gender organizes labormarket outcomes (Curran, Shafer, Donato, and Garip 2006;Hondagneu-Sotelo 2003; Hondagneu-Sotelo and Cranford 2006;Nawyn 2010; Nawyn, Reosti, and Gjokaj 2009). Finall...

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African Immigrants in the United States: A Socio-Demographic Profile in Comparison to Native Blacks

Cited by 36 publications

References 10 publications

Factors associated with health insurance coverage and health insurance knowledge among Congolese immigrants and African-Americans in Illinois

Factors associated with health insurance coverage and health insurance knowledge among Congolese immigrants and African-Americans in Illinois

The Afro-Cardiac Study: Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Acculturation in West African Immigrants in the United States: Rationale and Study Design

The Magnifying Effect of Privilege: Earnings Inequalities at the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Nativity

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