University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy,
Int J Public Health. 2015 Jan;60(1):21-31. doi: 10.1007/s00038-014-0629-8. Epub 2014 Dec 16.
This paper examines whether Eastern European immigrants aged 50 and over living in Northern and Western Europe face a health disadvantage in terms of self-perceived health, with respect to the native-born. We also examined health changes over time (2004-2006-2010) through the probabilities of transition among self-perceived health states, and how they vary according to nativity status and age group.
Data were obtained from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Logistic regressions and probabilities of transition were used.
Results emphasise the health disadvantage of Eastern European immigrants living in Germany, France and Sweden with respect to the native-born, even after controlling for socio-economic status. Probabilities of transition also evidenced that people born in Eastern Europe were more likely to experience worsening health and less likely to recover from sickness.
This paper suggests that health inequalities do not affect immigrant groups in equal measure and confirm the poorer and more steeply deteriorating health status of Eastern European immigrants.
本文考察了 50 岁及以上的东欧移民在北欧和西欧的自感健康方面是否相对于本地出生者存在健康劣势。我们还通过自感健康状况的转移概率，以及它们如何根据出生地点和年龄组而变化，考察了随时间（2004-2006-2010 年）的健康变化。
数据来自欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查（SHARE）。使用逻辑回归和转移概率。
结果强调了与本地出生者相比，居住在德国、法国和瑞典的东欧移民存在健康劣势，即使在控制了社会经济地位之后也是如此。转移概率也表明，东欧出生的人更有可能健康状况恶化，而不太可能从疾病中康复。
本文表明，健康不平等并非以同样的方式影响移民群体，并证实了东欧移民的健康状况更差，且恶化更为严重。
