Legal Status, Time in the USA, and the Well-Being of Latinos in Los Angeles

• Published in: Journal of urban health Vol. 94; no. 6; pp. 764 - 775
• Main Authors: Young, Maria-Elena De Trinidad, Pebley, Anne R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Blood pressure; Depression - epidemiology; Diagnostic systems; Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data; Environmental law; Epidemiology; Female; Health Informatics; Health Status; Health Status Disparities; Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data; Humans; Hypertension - epidemiology; Immigrants; Immigration; Los Angeles; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Middle Aged; Noncitizens; Public Health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Residence Characteristics; Risk Factors; Self Report; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; United States; Well being; Los Angeles County California; United States > US; Depression; Blood pressure; Health; Immigrants; Latino; Undocumented status

In the USA, undocumented Latino immigrants may have poorer health because of barriers to health care, stressors, and detrimental effects of immigration enforcement. Previous immigrant health research, however, suggests that recently arrived Latino immigrants have better health than US-born Latinos a...