From the ArcaMax Publishing, Health & Fitness Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/healthtips/s-378698-111815
SEATTLE (UPI) -- Asian-Americans who immigrate to the United States
before age 25 have poorer mental health than those who immigrate at
age 25 or older, researchers say.
Lead author Janxin Leu of the University of Washington says the study
is noteworthy because it shows that using traditional measures of
socioeconomic status -- number of years of school and household income
-- to predict health outcomes isn't accurate for individuals who
immigrate when they are children or young adults.
The study found that immigrants who arrived in the United States
before they were age 25 attained higher levels of education and income
than did older immigrants, however, 13 percent of the younger
immigrants reported symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder in
the previous 12 months compared to 9 percent of those in the over age
25 group.
"The under-25 group experiences a lot of stress, the so-called long
reach of childhood that comes at a formative time of development," Leu
says in a statement. "As adults, the under-25 group is doing better
with English language skills and has higher levels of education and
income but is experiencing more disease as adults. Early stressors are
overcoming gains in income and education later in life."
The study included data from more than 1,400 foreign-born
Asian-Americans -- 32 percent are Chinese, 20 percent are Filipinos
and 16 percent are Vietnamese.