ArticleEuropean journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie2016
Healthy Migrants? Health Selection of Internal Migrants in Germany.
Article in European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Contributions of causes of death to differentials in life expectancy by internal migrant status in the Netherlands. A population register based study, 2015-2019.SSM - population health · 2024Article
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- Different health systems - Different mortality outcomes? Regional disparities in avoidable mortality across German-speaking Europe, 1992-2019.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Article
- Assessing the migrant mortality advantage among foreign-born and interprovincial migrants in Manitoba, Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Article
- Are the Sick Left Behind at the Peripheries? Health Selection in Migration to Growing Urban Centres in Finland.European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie · 2021Article
- Avoidable Mortality in the German Baltic Sea Region Since Reunification: Convergence or Persistent Disparities?European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie · 2019Article
- Trajectories of health-related quality of life in immigrants and non-immigrants in Germany: a population-based longitudinal study.International journal of public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
In Germany, internal migration streams have shaped the population structure quite notably during the past two decades. As selective migration can have a substantial impact on the geographical distribution of health, this paper examines whether internal migrants in Germany are selected regarding their health status. To capture health selection, one measure-i.e. self-rated contentment with health-and two established risk factors for poor health-i.e. smoking and BMI-were included. Applying event history analysis, the health status of migrants was compared to non-migrants, controlling for other individual characteristics. The analyses were based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, a retrospective data set representative of the German population. Results for self-rated health and smoking were inconclusive. While self-rated health was only related to migration in men, smoking was only linked to migration in women. However, there was a clear association between BMI and migration, i.e. the propensity to migrate decreased significantly with increasing weight. The results suggest that BMI is an important indicator of increased susceptibility to ill health, which prevent people from migration. Leaving behind a population who has a greater susceptibility to chronic conditions, selective migration is likely to reinforce the consequences of population ageing and healthcare demand, in particular in regions characterized by outmigration.
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