Race, Ethnicity, Nativity and Perceptions of Health Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

Previous research demonstrates that pandemics, including COVID-19, have disproportionate effects on communities of color, further exacerbating existing healthcare inequities. While increasing evidence points to the greater threat posed by COVID-19 to Latinx communities, less remains known about how...

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Autores principales:	Thomas Jamieson, Dakota Caldwell, Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga, Cristián Doña-Reveco
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	race ethnicity immigration health risk COVID-19 survey research Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:febe127d3a244e2790cf019a5fa6ac162021-11-11T16:15:59ZRace, Ethnicity, Nativity and Perceptions of Health Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US10.3390/ijerph1821111131660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/febe127d3a244e2790cf019a5fa6ac162021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11113https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Previous research demonstrates that pandemics, including COVID-19, have disproportionate effects on communities of color, further exacerbating existing healthcare inequities. While increasing evidence points to the greater threat posed by COVID-19 to Latinx communities, less remains known about how identification as Latinx and migration status influence their perception of risk and harm. In this article, we use cross-sectional data from a large national probability sample to demonstrate a large positive association between ethnic identity and migration status and perceptions of harm from COVID-19 in the US. We find that individuals identifying as Hispanic/Latinx and first-generation immigrants report significantly greater risks of becoming infected by COVID-19 in the next three months, and dying from the virus if they do contract it. Further, subgroup analysis reveals that health risks are especially felt by individuals of Mexican descent, who represent the largest share of US Latinxs. Collectively, our results provide evidence about how the pandemic places increased stress on people from Latinx and immigrant communities relative to White non-Hispanic individuals in the US.Thomas JamiesonDakota CaldwellBarbara Gomez-AguinagaCristián Doña-RevecoMDPI AGarticleraceethnicityimmigrationhealth riskCOVID-19survey researchMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11113, p 11113 (2021)
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spellingShingle	race ethnicity immigration health risk COVID-19 survey research Medicine R Thomas Jamieson Dakota Caldwell Barbara Gomez-Aguinaga Cristián Doña-Reveco Race, Ethnicity, Nativity and Perceptions of Health Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
description	Previous research demonstrates that pandemics, including COVID-19, have disproportionate effects on communities of color, further exacerbating existing healthcare inequities. While increasing evidence points to the greater threat posed by COVID-19 to Latinx communities, less remains known about how identification as Latinx and migration status influence their perception of risk and harm. In this article, we use cross-sectional data from a large national probability sample to demonstrate a large positive association between ethnic identity and migration status and perceptions of harm from COVID-19 in the US. We find that individuals identifying as Hispanic/Latinx and first-generation immigrants report significantly greater risks of becoming infected by COVID-19 in the next three months, and dying from the virus if they do contract it. Further, subgroup analysis reveals that health risks are especially felt by individuals of Mexican descent, who represent the largest share of US Latinxs. Collectively, our results provide evidence about how the pandemic places increased stress on people from Latinx and immigrant communities relative to White non-Hispanic individuals in the US.
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title	Race, Ethnicity, Nativity and Perceptions of Health Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
title_short	Race, Ethnicity, Nativity and Perceptions of Health Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
title_full	Race, Ethnicity, Nativity and Perceptions of Health Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
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title_sort	race, ethnicity, nativity and perceptions of health risk during the covid-19 pandemic in the us
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/febe127d3a244e2790cf019a5fa6ac16
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Race, Ethnicity, Nativity and Perceptions of Health Risk during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US

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