Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 16, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16244878
Keywords
migrant health; length of stay; Medecins du Monde; self-perceived health; migration; Human Development Index
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- Department of Social and Human Sciences at the French School of Public Health (EHESP)
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Health of migrants is a widely studied topic. It has been argued that migrant health may deteriorate over time. Though migrants are a hard to reach population in survey data, this paper builds on a unique dataset provided by Medecins du Monde from five countries. We study self-perceived health (SPH) in connection with socio-economic and demographic factors and length of stay. Results differ for men and women. Compared to other documented migrants, asylum seekers have a 50-70% greater chance of having worse health. Migrants with better living conditions have a 57-78% chance of being in better health. Male migrants with a job have between a 82-116% chance of being in good health. The probability for women from poorer countries to have a better physical SPH after three months of residing in the host country is six-fold that of women from richer countries. This paper contributes widely to the knowledge of health of migrants. Contrary to other evidence, health of women migrants from poorer countries tends to improve with length of stay.
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