Goldman Noreen, Kimbro Rachel T, Turra Cassio M, Pebley Anne R
Office of Population Research, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2006 Dec;96(12):2186-93. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.062752. Epub 2006 Oct 31.
We assessed whether the few findings to date suggesting weak relationships between education and health-related variables among Hispanics are indicative of a more widespread pattern.
We used logistic regression models to examine education differentials (i.e., education gradients) in health behaviors and outcomes among White and Mexican-origin adults, adolescents, and infants. We gathered information from 3 data sets: the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, and the National Health Interview Survey.
In contrast with patterns for Whites, education was weakly associated or not associated with numerous health-related variables among the US Mexican-origin population. Among adults, Mexican immigrants were especially likely to have weaker education gradients than Whites.
The weak relationships between education and health observed among individuals of Mexican origin may have been the result of several complex mechanisms: social gradients in health in Mexico that differ from those in the United States, selective immigration according to health and socioeconomic status, and particular patterns of integration of Mexican immigrants into US society.
我们评估了迄今为止少数研究结果所表明的西班牙裔人群中教育与健康相关变量之间的微弱关系是否代表了一种更广泛的模式。
我们使用逻辑回归模型来研究白人和墨西哥裔成年人、青少年及婴儿在健康行为和健康结果方面的教育差异（即教育梯度）。我们从3个数据集收集信息：洛杉矶家庭与邻里调查、脆弱家庭与儿童福利研究以及国家健康访谈调查。
与白人的模式相反，在美国墨西哥裔人群中，教育与众多健康相关变量之间的关联较弱或无关联。在成年人中，墨西哥移民的教育梯度尤其可能比白人更弱。
在墨西哥裔个体中观察到的教育与健康之间的微弱关系可能是由多种复杂机制导致的：墨西哥的健康社会梯度与美国不同、根据健康和社会经济状况进行的选择性移民，以及墨西哥移民融入美国社会的特定模式。
