School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.
Office of Latino/Latin American Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 22;18(21):11113. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111113.
Previous research demonstrates that pandemics, including COVID-19, have disproportionate effects on communities of color, further exacerbating existing healthcare inequities. While increasing evidence points to the greater threat posed by COVID-19 to Latinx communities, less remains known about how identification as Latinx and migration status influence their perception of risk and harm. In this article, we use cross-sectional data from a large national probability sample to demonstrate a large positive association between ethnic identity and migration status and perceptions of harm from COVID-19 in the US. We find that individuals identifying as Hispanic/Latinx and first-generation immigrants report significantly greater risks of becoming infected by COVID-19 in the next three months, and dying from the virus if they do contract it. Further, subgroup analysis reveals that health risks are especially felt by individuals of Mexican descent, who represent the largest share of US Latinxs. Collectively, our results provide evidence about how the pandemic places increased stress on people from Latinx and immigrant communities relative to White non-Hispanic individuals in the US.
先前的研究表明，包括 COVID-19 在内的大流行对有色人种社区的影响不成比例，进一步加剧了现有的医疗保健不平等现象。尽管越来越多的证据表明 COVID-19 对拉丁裔社区构成的威胁更大，但人们对拉丁裔身份和移民身份如何影响他们对风险和危害的看法知之甚少。在本文中，我们使用来自一个大型全国概率样本的横断面数据，证明了在美国，种族认同和移民身份与对 COVID-19 危害的看法之间存在很大的正相关关系。我们发现，自认为是西班牙裔/拉丁裔和第一代移民的人报告说，他们在未来三个月内感染 COVID-19 的风险显著增加，如果感染该病毒，他们死于该病毒的风险也会增加。此外，亚组分析显示，健康风险尤其被墨西哥裔个体所感受到，他们占美国拉丁裔的最大份额。总的来说，我们的研究结果提供了证据，证明了与美国的白人非西班牙裔个体相比，大流行给拉丁裔和移民社区的人带来了更大的压力。
