Intergenerational and interethnic mental health: an analysis for the United Kingdom

Publication type

Journal Article

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Publication date

March 15, 2019

Summary:

This paper uses a nationally representative data set to examine the extent to which family migration history helps explains interethnic variations in mental health in the United Kingdom. We confirm that there is significant variation in mental health across ethnic group and generation of migration. Furthermore, we show how these dimensions interact. The analysis explores the extent to which neighbourhood, personal characteristics, and migration experience are related to mental health. We find evidence that all are important. Our results are consistent with a dynamic view of migration and settlement whereby individuals' circumstances and how they might contribute to mental health change over time and across generations.

Published in

Population, Space and Place

Volume

Volume: 25

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2195

ISSN

15448444

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Open Access

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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