Frank Reanne, Cerdá Magdalena, Rendón Maria
Ohio State University, Department of Sociology, Columbus 43210, USA.
J Health Soc Behav. 2007 Sep;48(3):283-300. doi: 10.1177/002214650704800306.
The increasing size of the Latino immigrant population in the United States underscores the need for a more complete understanding of the role that social context plays in influencing the health of immigrants and their children. This analysis explores the possibility that residential location influences the health-risk behaviors of Latino youth in Los Angeles County, California. The data come from the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey. We apply multivariate, multilevel Rasch models to two scales of adolescent health-risk behaviors (substance use and delinquency). The findings suggest that residence in Census tracts characterized by above-county-average levels of Latinos and above-county-average levels of poverty is associated with increased odds of health-risk behaviors for Latino adolescents, particularly for those born in the United States. The findings lend support to the contention, put forth in the segmented assimilation literature, that disadvantaged urban contexts increase the risk that U.S.-born children of immigrants will experience downward assimilation.
美国拉丁裔移民人口规模的不断扩大凸显了更全面了解社会环境在影响移民及其子女健康方面所起作用的必要性。本分析探讨了居住地点影响加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县拉丁裔青少年健康风险行为的可能性。数据来自洛杉矶家庭与社区调查。我们将多变量、多层次的拉施模型应用于青少年健康风险行为的两个量表（物质使用和犯罪行为）。研究结果表明，居住在拉丁裔人口和贫困水平高于县平均水平的人口普查区，与拉丁裔青少年出现健康风险行为的几率增加有关，尤其是那些在美国出生的青少年。这些发现支持了在分段同化文献中提出的观点，即处于不利地位的城市环境会增加移民在美国出生的子女经历向下同化的风险。
