| Titre : | Objective and Perceived Ethnic Density and Health : Findings From a United Kingdom General Population Survey. (2009) |
| Auteurs : | M. STAFFORD ; L. BECARES ; NAZROO (J.) : GBR. Department of Sociology. School of Social Sciences. University of Manchester. Manchester. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of epidemiology (vol. 170, n° 4, 2009) |
| Pagination : | 484-493 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Perception ; Ethnie ; Densité population ; Homme ; Population ; Epidémiologie ; Europe |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS sR0x8sF9. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Studies indicate an ethnic density effect, whereby an increasing proportion of persons of the same ethnicity as oneself (co-ethnics) in one's area of residence is associated with reduced risk of morbidity among ethnic minorities, though evidence is mixed. Measures of ethnic density are commonly taken from small-area census data using predefined categories of ethnicity. In a United Kingdom study, the authors compared these measures with perceived ethnic density, based on self-reported proportion of co-ethnics in the area. Using 2005 Home Office Citizenship Survey data linked to the 2001 United Kingdom Census, they found moderate-sized correlations between perceived and measured ethnic density which varied across ethnic groups (r=0.34-0.65). Perceived ethnic density underestimated measured levels for whites and overestimated measured levels for ethnic minorities. Compared with participants in areas where less than half of residents were co-ethnics, those reporting a perceived ethnic density of more than half tended to have less limiting long-term illness (for all ethnic minorities combined, odds ratio=0.81,95% confidence interval : 0.63,1.04) after adjustment for age, sex, socioeconomic position, ethnicity, area deprivation, and measured ethnic density. After adjustment for perceived ethnic density, there was no evidence of a protective association for measured ethnic density, except for Caribbeans. Perceived ethnic density may reflect individual experiences of frequency and intensity of contact with co-ethnics, which may explain why it was more consistently related to lower morbidity risk. |
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