ABSTRACT

The present study aims at comparing physical and mental health outcomes of different migrant groups and the native German population, testing for the presence of a healthy migrant effect (HME) and its potential differences between groups. The HME is marked by an observed health advantage for migrants compared to the host population, which declines with increasing years since migration. Macroeconomic, institutional and cultural differences of sending countries or regions define the pre-migration and the host country situation differently for European, Non-European and internal migrants. These conditions are assumed to have an impact on initial health differences as well as on health differences after longer exposure to the host country. Using cross-sectional data from the 2016 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel, physical and mental health outcomes (generated from the SF-12) are compared between recent international and internal migration groups (≤10 years since migration), non-recent international and internal migration groups (>10 years since migration) and the native German-born population without migration experience. Propensity score matching analyses reveal the presence of a HME for both European and Non-European migrants, but not for internal migrants. This effect differs on the outcome measure and the native comparison group.

摘要

本研究旨在比较不同移民群体和德国本土人口的身心健康结果，测试健康移民效应 (HME) 的存在及其在群体之间的潜在差异。与东道国人口相比，HME 的特点是观察到的移民健康优势随着迁徙年限的增加而下降。派遣国或地区的宏观经济、制度和文化差异对欧洲、非欧洲和国内移民的移民前和东道国情况有不同的定义。假设这些条件对最初的健康差异以及长期暴露于东道国后的健康差异产生影响。使用德国社会经济小组 2016 年浪潮的横截面数据，比较近期国际和国内移民群体（移民后≤10 年）、非近期国际和国内移民群体（移民后> 10 年）和本土德国人之间的身心健康结果（由 SF-12 生成）没有移民经历的出生人口。倾向得分匹配分析揭示了欧洲和非欧洲移民都存在 HME，但内部移民却没有。这种影响在结果测量和原生对照组上有所不同。倾向得分匹配分析揭示了欧洲和非欧洲移民都存在 HME，但内部移民却没有。这种影响在结果测量和原生对照组上有所不同。倾向得分匹配分析揭示了欧洲和非欧洲移民都存在 HME，但内部移民却没有。这种影响在结果测量和原生对照组上有所不同。