Association between Feelings of Trust and Security with Subjective Health among Mexican Migrants in the New York City Area

Author:

Gaitán-Rossi Pablo1,Vilar-Compte Mireya2ORCID,Ferré-Eguiluz Isabel1,Ortiz Luis1ORCID,Garcia Erika1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Research Center for Equitable Development EQUIDE, Universidad Iberoamericana, Prolongación Paseo de la Reforma 880, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico City 01219, Mexico

2. Department of Public Health, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA

Abstract

The size of the foreign-born population living in the United States makes migrants’ health a substantive policy issue. The health status of Mexican immigrants might be affected by the level of social capital and the social context, including the rhetoric around immigration. We hypothesize that a diminished perception of trust and safety in the community has a negative impact on self-reported health. In a cross-sectional study, we conducted a survey among 266 Mexican Immigrants in the New York City Area who used the Mexican Consulate between May and June 2019 for regular services provided to documented and undocumented immigrants. A univariate and bivariate descriptive analysis by trust and security items first shows the diversity of the Mexican population living in the US and the conditions of vulnerability. Then, logistic regression models estimate the association between trust and security items with self-reported health status. Results show that safety is consistently associated with good self-rated health, especially when rating the neighborhood, and trust showed mixed results, more reliant to the way it is operationalized. The study illustrates a pathway by which perceptions of the social context are associated with migrants’ health.

Funder

Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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