State Immigrant Policy Contexts and Racialized Patterns of Disability Among Midlife Working-Age Latinos in the U.S.

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Abstract

State immigrant policy contexts have been identified as important political determinants of population health and disability among Latinos in the United States (US), but little is known about whether immigrant policy contexts shape disability risks differentially by race among Latinos in the US. Using nearly a decade of data from the American Community Survey (2010-2019; N=801,386) and a panel of state-level Immigration Policy Climate data, this study investigates the links between immigrant policy contexts and the racialized patterns of disability risk among midlife working-age Latinos in the US. We also consider how these racialized patterns are further stratified by nativity and gender. Preliminary descriptive results show substantial state variation in the racialized patterns of age-adjusted disability risk among Latinos. Estimates from two-way fixed effects models suggest that more inclusive immigrant policy contexts are more protective for Latinos, with variation across racialized groups. Altogether, findings from this study will provide new evidence of the role of policy contexts in shaping health among the diverse aging Latino population in the US.

Authors

• Elise M Parrish, University of Pennsylvania

• Courtney E. Boen, Brown University

• Marc Anthony Garcia, Syracuse University