TY - JOUR
T1 - Nativity in the healthy migrant effect
T2 - Evidence from Australia
AU - Huang, Guogui
AU - Guo, Fei
AU - Cheng, Zhiming
AU - Liu, Lihua
AU - Zimmermann, Klaus F.
AU - Taksa, Lucy
AU - Tani, Massimiliano
AU - Franklin, Marika
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Australian Research Council Discovery Project- Demographic and Social Dimensions of Migrant Ageing and Wellbeing in Australia (grant number DP190102778 ). The funding organisation did not have any influence on the study design, data collection, analysis and interpretation as well as the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript for publication.
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PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Migrant health constitutes an important public health issue; however, variations in the ‘healthy migrant effect’ among migrants of different nativity are not adequately understood. To fill this gap, this study examines the life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) of the Australian-born population and eight major migrant groups in Australia for 2006, 2011 and 2016. The results show that compared with the Australian-born population, the foreign-born population overall had a higher LE and HLE but a lower HLE/LE ratio. Considerable variations in migrant health status according to nativity were also observed. Specifically, migrants from South Africa, Britain and Germany exhibited a similar or higher LE, HLE and HLE/LE ratio, while those from China, India, Italy and Greece had a higher LE but a significantly lower HLE/LE ratio compared with the Australian-born population. Lebanese migrants were the only group who experienced an unchanging LE and a declining HLE from 2006 to 2016. These notable differences in migrants' health outcomes with respect to nativity may be explained by the sociocultural differences between the origin and host countries and the different extents of migration selectivity of different migrant groups. Targeted countermeasures such as improving the quality of life of migrants from culturally diverse backgrounds or with negative migration experiences are suggested.
AB - Migrant health constitutes an important public health issue; however, variations in the ‘healthy migrant effect’ among migrants of different nativity are not adequately understood. To fill this gap, this study examines the life expectancy (LE) and healthy life expectancy (HLE) of the Australian-born population and eight major migrant groups in Australia for 2006, 2011 and 2016. The results show that compared with the Australian-born population, the foreign-born population overall had a higher LE and HLE but a lower HLE/LE ratio. Considerable variations in migrant health status according to nativity were also observed. Specifically, migrants from South Africa, Britain and Germany exhibited a similar or higher LE, HLE and HLE/LE ratio, while those from China, India, Italy and Greece had a higher LE but a significantly lower HLE/LE ratio compared with the Australian-born population. Lebanese migrants were the only group who experienced an unchanging LE and a declining HLE from 2006 to 2016. These notable differences in migrants' health outcomes with respect to nativity may be explained by the sociocultural differences between the origin and host countries and the different extents of migration selectivity of different migrant groups. Targeted countermeasures such as improving the quality of life of migrants from culturally diverse backgrounds or with negative migration experiences are suggested.
KW - Cultural similarity
KW - Healthy life expectancy
KW - Healthy migrant effect
KW - Life expectancy
KW - Nativity differences
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101457
DO - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101457
M3 - Article
C2 - 37456617
SN - 2352-8273
VL - 23
JO - SSM - Population Health
JF - SSM - Population Health
M1 - 101457
ER -