The Influence of Selective Migration Patterns Among Smokers and Nonsmokers on Geographical Inequalities in Health

Pearce, Jamie; Dorling, Danny

doi:10.1080/00045601003595537

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“…The size of this effect is small, as the majority of migrants move between areas with similar mortality patterns (Green, Subramanian, Vickers, & Dorling, ), but migration patterns do have a significant effect on geographies of health. This phenomenon is not particular to the UK, as similar patterns have been found for rates of smoking in New Zealand (Pearce & Dorling, ) and poor self‐rated health in the Netherlands (Dijkstra, Kibele, Verweij, Van Der Lucht, & Janssen, ).…”

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How far is a long distance? An assessment of the issue of scale in the relationship between limiting long‐term illness and long‐distance migration in England and Wales

Wilding

Martin

Moon

2017

Population Space and Place

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Research consistently shows that those in poor health are less likely to migrate over long distances, but analyses rarely consider what constitutes a long distance in this context. Additionally, the migration literature often fails to account for place of residence effects on migration behaviour. This paper addresses these issues through analysis of the distance of residential moves by working age adults in the year preceding the 2011 Census. Multilevel logistic regression models predict the odds of having moved long-distance relative to short distance, for different definitions of long distance: ≥10 km, ≥20 km and ≥50 km. We test whether those reporting a limiting longterm illness (LLTI) are less likely to move long distance in all models, controlling for local authority at the time of the 2011 Census. We find no evidence for health selection in long-distance migration in the 10 and 20 km models, but uncover a significant effect in the 50 km model. By age, the odds of having moved long distance do not vary for middle-working age adults (25-54) by LLTI, whereas those with an LLTI in the pre-retirement age group (55-64) are less likely to move long distance in all models. We uncover clusters of local authorities where those with an LLTI are more likely to have moved long distance in the 10 and 20 km models, but in the 50 km model, only two of these areas remain significantly positive. We conclude that health selection in distances moved occurs above a cut-off somewhere between 20 and 50 km.

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How far is a long distance? An assessment of the issue of scale in the relationship between limiting long‐term illness and long‐distance migration in England and Wales

Wilding

Martin

Moon

2017

Population Space and Place

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“…Even where major environmental interventions, such as a large-scale urban renewal scheme, are considered (Stafford et al, 2008), the interventions tend to be evaluated over quite short periods, typically one or two years. This is perhaps surprising when we consider the literature on health-selective mobility, which has tended to find that residential migration leads to substantial changes to the social and physical settings that people live their lives and often has lifelong implications for their health and well-being (Gatrell, 2011;Pearce & Dorling, 2010;Wilding et al, 2016). Previous work in the UK has tended to show that selective migration patterns help to explain why people with poor physical and mental health disproportionately locate in more socially disadvantaged places , although selective migration processes seem to be less significant in understanding their concentration in disadvantageous physical environments .…”

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Life course of place: A longitudinal study of mental health and place

Pearce

Cherrie

Shortt

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A multitude of studies have demonstrated that individual circumstances throughout life influence subsequent health and well‐being outcomes. The life‐course perspective emphasises that health is affected by the accumulation of social and economic (dis)advantages over an individual's life but, importantly, also that there can be critical periods where the effects of exposure can be greater. Yet few researchers have applied a life‐course perspective to the study of health and place, which has resulted in a partial understanding of the dynamics of person–health–place relations. By explicitly recognising that places are spatial‐temporal products, and applying a novel longitudinal life‐course approach, this study examines the opportunities for incorporating aspects of place into a life‐course framework. The focus is the influence of neighbourhood social deprivation and provision of local green space on mental health (particularly anxiety and depression). Historical and contemporary place‐based information from the Lothian region of Scotland is combined with data from a cohort of individuals born in 1936 (the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936) to consider the influence of these environmental factors over the life course on mental health outcomes later in life. The results establish the utility of the life course of place approach, and demonstrate how this concept can be operationalised using historical data sources. The findings suggest that, after adjustment, residing in the most socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods in childhood was detrimental to mental health outcomes at age 70. Further, green space provision in early life environments is related to mental health outcomes in later life, but any effect may be restricted to those residing in socially disadvantaged places, and dependent on the specific mental health outcome being considered. The findings emphasise the potential of the life course of place approach for enhancing the evidence base considering the relationships between health and place.

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“…Hence there are compelling arguments for considering health as a trigger, enabler, constrainer as well as being produced by the selective movement (and nonmovement) of people affecting and affected by health experiences, behaviours, and outcomes. It has been argued that selective migration and health could productively be reconsidered as a substantive research concern in its own right (Pearce and Dorling, 2010), an assertion that is consistent with the recent scholarly interest in the 'new mobilities' and health (Gatrell, 2011). In the UK, selective migration has been shown to strengthen the relationship between area-level deprivation and various health outcomes including mortality.…”

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confidence: 89%

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Environ Plan A

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The Influence of Selective Migration Patterns Among Smokers and Nonsmokers on Geographical Inequalities in Health

Cited by 27 publications

References 35 publications

How far is a long distance? An assessment of the issue of scale in the relationship between limiting long‐term illness and long‐distance migration in England and Wales

How far is a long distance? An assessment of the issue of scale in the relationship between limiting long‐term illness and long‐distance migration in England and Wales

Life course of place: A longitudinal study of mental health and place

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