Beyond the healthy immigrant paradox: decomposing differences in birthweight among immigrants in Spain

The healthy immigrant paradox refers to the unexpected health advantages of immigrant groups settled in host countries. In this population-based study we analyze immigrant advantages in birthweight decomposing differences between infants born to immigrant mothers from specific origins. Using publicl...

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Published in:Globalization and health 2020-09, Vol.16 (1), p.87-12, Article 87
Main Authors: Stanek, Mikolaj, Requena, Miguel, Del Rey, Alberto, García-Gómez, Jesús
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Analysis
Babies
Birth Weight
Citizenship
Compositional heterogeneity
Decomposition
Economic conditions
Emigrants and Immigrants
Female
Health Status
Heterogeneity
High income
Humans
Hypotheses
Immigrants
Income
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Male
Mothers
Mothers - statistics & numerical data
Noncitizens
Origins
Paradoxes
Perinatal health
Population studies
Pregnancy
Premature birth
Regression analysis
Social Class
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Spain
Spain
healthy immigrant paradox
Statistical analysis
Subpopulations
Transients and Migrants
Vital statistics
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Summary:The healthy immigrant paradox refers to the unexpected health advantages of immigrant groups settled in host countries. In this population-based study we analyze immigrant advantages in birthweight decomposing differences between infants born to immigrant mothers from specific origins. Using publicly available data from Spanish Vital Statistics for the period 2007-2017, differential birthweights among several groups of immigrants were estimated with an ordinary least squares regression. The Oaxaca-Blinder regression-based decomposition method was then applied to identify the extent to which differences in birthweight between groups corresponded to compositional disparities or to other factors. Our analysis of singleton live births to migrant mothers in Spain between 2007 and 2017 (N = 542,137) confirmed the healthy immigrant paradox for certain immigrant populations settled in Spain. Compared with infants born to mothers from high-income countries, the adjusted birthweight was higher for infants born to mothers from non-high- income European countries (33.2 g, 95% CI: 28.3-38.1, P 
ISSN:1744-8603
1744-8603
DOI:10.1186/s12992-020-00612-0