Citation
Lopez-Gonzalez, Lorena; Aravena, Veronica C.; & Hummer, Robert A. (2005). Immigrant Acculturation, Gender and Health Behavior: A Research Note. Social Forces, 84(1), 581-593.Abstract
Previous research shows that the health behavior of immigrants is favorable to that of native-born adults in the United States. We utilize pooled data from the 1998-2001 National Health Interview Surveys & multinomial logistic regression techniques to build on this literature & examine the association between acculturation & immigrant smoking & alcohol use. We also examine how acculturation relates to health behaviors by gender. Results indicate that the health behavior of more acculturated immigrant women is less positive than that of less acculturated women. For men, acculturation seems to make little difference for health behavior. Thus, it is important to not only consider how acculturation is related to health, but how the acculturation process differs across population subgroups.URL
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3598318Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2005Journal Title
Social ForcesAuthor(s)
Lopez-Gonzalez, LorenaAravena, Veronica C.
Hummer, Robert A.