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05.06.2018 | Original Paper

Socioeconomic Status and the Physical and Mental Health of Arab and Chaldean Americans in Michigan

verfasst von: Goleen Samari, Miles McNall, KyungSook Lee, Harry Perlstadt, Stephanie Nawyn

Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Ausgabe 3/2019

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Abstract

Research that explains health of Arab and Chaldean Americans relative to the health of non-Arab White Americans is limited but steadily increasing. This study considers whether socioeconomic status moderates the relationship between race/ethnicity and physical and mental health. Data come from a state representative sample of Arab and Chaldean Americans—the 2013 Michigan Behavioral Risk Factor Survey and the 2013 Michigan Arab/Chaldean Behavioral Risk Factor Survey (N = 12,837 adults with 536 Arab/Chaldean Americans). Structural equation models examine whether socioeconomic status, operationalized as educational attainment, moderates the relationship between Arab/Chaldean identity and health, and whether physical activity, access to healthcare, and depression mediate the relationship between educational attainment and health. Results indicate that while Arab/Chaldean Americans have poor health relative to non-Arab White Americans, these differences are largely explained by educational differences. Depression, access to healthcare, and physical activity mediate the relationship between socioeconomic status and health of Arab/Chaldean Americans.

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Titel: Socioeconomic Status and the Physical and Mental Health of Arab and Chaldean Americans in Michigan
verfasst von: Goleen Samari
Miles McNall
KyungSook Lee
Harry Perlstadt
Stephanie Nawyn
Publikationsdatum: 05.06.2018
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Ausgabe 3/2019
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Elektronische ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-018-0768-8

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