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Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health
National data indicate that U.S. whites have a higher prevalence of smoking compared to non-whites. Group position theory and public opinion data suggest racial differences in immigration concern. This study examines whether immigration concern mediates the racial difference in smoking. Drawing on t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.12.010 |
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description | National data indicate that U.S. whites have a higher prevalence of smoking compared to non-whites. Group position theory and public opinion data suggest racial differences in immigration concern. This study examines whether immigration concern mediates the racial difference in smoking. Drawing on the 2012 General Social Survey, the 2012 American National Election Study, and the 2006 Portraits of American Life Study, immigration concern was associated with smoking, controlling for covariates across all three nationally representative surveys. Mediation analysis indicated that immigration concern partially mediated the higher odds of smoking among whites across all surveys. Immigration concern also presents a possible explanation for the healthy immigrant advantage and Hispanic paradox as they pertain to smoking differences. |
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spelling | pubmed-57690202018-01-18 Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health Samson, Frank L. SSM Popul Health Article National data indicate that U.S. whites have a higher prevalence of smoking compared to non-whites. Group position theory and public opinion data suggest racial differences in immigration concern. This study examines whether immigration concern mediates the racial difference in smoking. Drawing on the 2012 General Social Survey, the 2012 American National Election Study, and the 2006 Portraits of American Life Study, immigration concern was associated with smoking, controlling for covariates across all three nationally representative surveys. Mediation analysis indicated that immigration concern partially mediated the higher odds of smoking among whites across all surveys. Immigration concern also presents a possible explanation for the healthy immigrant advantage and Hispanic paradox as they pertain to smoking differences. Elsevier 2016-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5769020/ /pubmed/29349209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.12.010 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Samson, Frank L. Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health |
title | Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health |
title_full | Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health |
title_fullStr | Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health |
title_full_unstemmed | Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health |
title_short | Immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: Group position theory and health |
title_sort | immigration concern and the white/non-white difference in smoking: group position theory and health |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769020/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29349209 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.12.010 |
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