Income and Mental Well-Being of Middle-Aged and Older Americans: Immigrants' Diminished Returns.

摘要: Introduction Although income is among the major social determinants of mental health middle-aged and older individuals, socially marginalized groups gain less from their other socioeconomic status (SES) resources compared to privileged groups. This pattern called marginalization-related diminished returns (MDRs). Most existing knowledge on MDRs, however, has been derived studies that have defined marginalization based race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. As a result, very limited information exists whether similar MDRs can be observed for immigrants not. Building framework, this study national sample non-immigrants effects well-being adults in United States. Methods cross-sectional study. The 2015 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) enrolled 14 149 individuals who were either (n=1977; 14.0%) (n=12 166; 86.0%). independent variable (IV) was treated as continuous variable. dependent well-being, also Age, gender, education, marital status, employment, self-rated health, obesity, region confounders. Immigration (nativity status) moderator. Logistic regression applied data analysis. Results High associated with higher odds good adults. However, immigration showed significant statistical interaction income, which suggestive smaller protective effect high immigrant than non-immigrant Conclusion In line association between weaker There need help secure outcomes those non-immigrants. Such changes may require bold innovative economic, public, policies more effectively translate into tangible such well-being.