TY - JOUR
T1 - Does americanization have adverse effects on health?
T2 - Stress, health habits, and infant health outcomes among Puerto Ricans
AU - Landale, Nancy S.
AU - Oropesa, R. S.
AU - Llanes, Daniel
AU - Gorman, Bridget K.
N1 - Funding Information:
7. The study was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, and the Centers for Disease Control. The data were collected by the Institute for Survey Research at Temple University under a subcontract from the Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University.
Funding Information:
"The research reported in this article was supported by NICHD Grant 5 ROI H232331-05. Support services wereprovided by the Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, which has core support from NICHD Grant 5 ROI HD28263-07. Direct correspondence to Nancy S. Landale, Population Research Institute, 601 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA 16802. E-mail: [email protected].
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Generational differences in the social circumstances, health habits, and infant health outcomes of Puerto Rican women are examined using recently collected data from the Puerto Rican Maternal and Infant Health Study. The results show that recent migrants to the U.S. mainland experience fewer stressful life events and are less likely to engage in negative health behaviors during pregnancy than U.S.-born Puerto Rican women. Recent migrants also exhibit better infant health outcomes than childhood migrants and U.S.-born women. Risk factors (e.g., low human capital, meager financial resources, and residence in disadvantaged neighborhoods) and protective factors (e.g., strong family support and a Latino cultural orientation) identified in theories of segmented assimilation are related to the outcomes examined but cannot explain the generational differences that are documented.
AB - Generational differences in the social circumstances, health habits, and infant health outcomes of Puerto Rican women are examined using recently collected data from the Puerto Rican Maternal and Infant Health Study. The results show that recent migrants to the U.S. mainland experience fewer stressful life events and are less likely to engage in negative health behaviors during pregnancy than U.S.-born Puerto Rican women. Recent migrants also exhibit better infant health outcomes than childhood migrants and U.S.-born women. Risk factors (e.g., low human capital, meager financial resources, and residence in disadvantaged neighborhoods) and protective factors (e.g., strong family support and a Latino cultural orientation) identified in theories of segmented assimilation are related to the outcomes examined but cannot explain the generational differences that are documented.
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U2 - 10.1093/sf/78.2.613
DO - 10.1093/sf/78.2.613
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:22844455786
SN - 0037-7732
VL - 78
SP - 613
EP - 641
JO - Social Forces
JF - Social Forces
IS - 2
ER -
