Mutchler Jan E, Prakash Archana, Burr Jeffrey A
Gerontology Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA.
Demography. 2007 May;44(2):251-63. doi: 10.1353/dem.2007.0015.
Using data from the 2000 U.S. census, we compare the older Asian population with U.S.-born, non-Hispanic whites with respect to three indicators of disability. Insofar as any Asian "advantage" in health vis-a-vis whites exists among the population aged 65 and over, our evidence suggests that it occurs primarily among the U.S.-born segments of this population. We also investigate how differences in disability levels among Asian immigrant groups are influenced by country of birth and by the combined effects of duration of residence in the United States and life cycle stage at entry. These results highlight the diversity of the older Asian population with respect to the ways in which immigration and origin history are linked to disability outcomes. We conclude that in later life, immigrant status confers few disability advantages among the Asian population in the United States.
利用2000年美国人口普查数据，我们就三项残疾指标，将老年亚裔人口与在美国出生的非西班牙裔白人进行了比较。在65岁及以上人群中，若亚裔相对于白人在健康方面存在任何“优势”，我们的证据表明，这种优势主要出现在该人群中在美国出生的部分。我们还研究了亚洲移民群体之间残疾水平的差异如何受到出生国以及在美国居住时间和入境时生命周期阶段的综合影响。这些结果凸显了老年亚裔人口在移民和出身历史与残疾结果的关联方式上的多样性。我们得出结论，在美国，在晚年生活中，移民身份在亚裔人口中并未带来多少残疾方面的优势。
