Acculturation and acculturation stress: A social-epidemiological approach to Mexican migrant farmworkers' health Article

Finch, BK, Frank, R, Vega, WA. (2004). Acculturation and acculturation stress: A social-epidemiological approach to Mexican migrant farmworkers' health . INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, 38(1), 236-262. 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00195.x

cited authors

  • Finch, BK; Frank, R; Vega, WA

authors

abstract

  • Utilizing a cluster sampling design to maximize representativeness, we look at the health effects of acculturation and acculturation stressors among 1,001 adult migrant farmworkers in Fresno, California. Using self-ratings of mental and physical health as well as the CES-D depression scale, we find that the amount of time one spends in the United States, the level of English-language usage, as well as the intensity of acculturation stresses that one reports, are all related to declines in health. In addition, acculturation stress has more deleterious effects on self-rated health (both physical and mental) among the more highly acculturated. © 2004 by the Center for Migration Studies of New York.

publication date

  • January 1, 2004

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start page

  • 236

end page

  • 262

volume

  • 38

issue

  • 1