TY - RPRT T1 - The Economic Consequences of Marital Disruption for Pre-Retirement Age African-American, Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White Women Y1 - 2003 A1 - Jacqueline L. Angel A1 - Cynthia J. Buckley A1 - Ronald J. Angel A1 - Maren A. Jimenez KW - Adult children KW - Net Worth and Assets KW - Women and Minorities PB - Population Association of America CY - Minneapolis, MN U4 - Marital Dissolution/Women/Economic Status ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Duration or Disadvantage? Exploring Nativity, Ethnicity and Health in Midlife JF - The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences Y1 - 2001 A1 - Jacqueline L. Angel A1 - Cynthia J. Buckley A1 - Sakamoto, Arthur KW - Demographics KW - Employment and Labor Force KW - Health Conditions and Status KW - Net Worth and Assets KW - Women and Minorities AB - Objectives This study examined nativity as a risk factor for poor physical and emotional health for an ethnically diverse population making the transition into retirement. The authors addressed whether the health disadvantage observed for immigrants lessens with increased time spent in the country (supporting theories of assimilation) or increases with duration of residence (supporting theories of cumulative disadvantage). Methods The sample was drawn from Waves 1 and 2 of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), an in-depth economic, social, and health database of persons in midlife and beyond. The analyses were restricted to 9,912 native-born and 1,031 foreign-born individuals. Results The data revealed that after socioeconomic factors were controlled, foreign-born individuals were at higher risk of poor emotional health than their native-born counterparts. Although aging immigrants displayed worse health than the native-born population, this disadvantage was mediated by duration of residence (young age at migration) and socioeconomic incorporation. Discussion These findings extend our understanding of nativity and duration as risk factors for poor physical and emotional health. Immigrants may overcome the nativity disadvantages found for emotional distress with increased duration of residence, but the pattern becomes more complicated with the inclusion of race and Hispanic ethnicity. PB - 56B VL - 56B UR - http://psychsoc.gerontologyjournals.org/ IS - 5 U4 - Basic Demographics/Health Status/Duration of Residence/Assimilation/Economic Status ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Nativity and Self-Assessed Health Among Pre-Retirement Age Hispanics and Non-HispanicWhites JF - International Migration Review Y1 - 2001 A1 - Jacqueline L. Angel A1 - Cynthia J. Buckley A1 - Finch, Brian K. KW - Demographics KW - Health Conditions and Status KW - Women and Minorities AB - Economic, social and familial resources are known to influence subjective health assessments. We examine the salience of nativity in determining how these resources influence self-assessed health using a large, nationwide sample of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white adults. The results indicate that while education, accumulated assets and marital status benefit the physical and emotional health of the native and foreign-born, family resources and income are significant only for the native-born. English language proficiency is a significant protective factor for both groups and is especially protective for immigrants. These surprising findings call into question previous studies stressing the positive role of the family in maintaining immigrant health. PB - 35 VL - 35 U4 - Health Status/Hispanic/Nativity ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Nativity and older women's health: constructed reliance in the health and retirement study. JF - J Women Aging Y1 - 2000 A1 - Cynthia J. Buckley A1 - Jacqueline L. Angel A1 - Donahue, Dennis KW - Aged KW - Emigration and Immigration KW - ethnicity KW - Female KW - Florida KW - Health Status KW - Humans KW - Middle Aged KW - Retirement KW - Social Support KW - Socioeconomic factors KW - Women's Health AB -

Gender and nativity are known risk factors for physical and economic dependency. Immigrant women are particularly disadvantaged because of their greater lack of social and economic resources. In this study, we investigate how women immigrants coordinate and utilize various support systems as they approach retirement age, as well as how choices and constraints affect their physical wellbeing. Experiences throughout the life course play a role in the maintenance of health, but the pre-retirement years are particularly crucial to the establishment of patterns of reliance to be used in later life. We examine the effects of economic resources, social support, and family ties (as well as several exogenous variables) on women's physical health using data from the Health and Retirement Survey. For the women in this study, demographic characteristics, such as Hispanic ethnicity and low education are strong risk factors for poor health. Findings also indicate that reliance patterns across resource domains do not differ significantly by nativity and that both economic and familial resource access significantly lessens the risk of poor health for both native and foreign born women.

PB - 12 VL - 12 IS - 3-4 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11151352?dopt=Abstract U4 - Females/Immigrants/Health/Support Networks/Social Support/Family Relations/Socioeconomic Factors/Retirement ER -