TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighbourhood context and abuse among immigrant and non-immigrant women in Canada
T2 - Findings from the Maternity Experiences Survey
AU - Daoud, Nihaya
AU - O'Campo, Patricia
AU - Urquia, Marcelo L.
AU - Heaman, Maureen
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the Maternity Experiences Study Group of the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System who developed and implemented the MES. No funding was sought or obtained to undertake this study. Nihaya Daoud and Marcelo Uriqua were supported by Postdoctoral Fellowships at St. Michael’s Hospital. Patricia O’Campo was supported by the Baxter and Alma Ricard Chair in Inner City Health. Maureen Heaman is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Chair in Gender and Health.
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - Objectives: To examine the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and concentration of immigrants, and abuse among immigrant women versus non-immigrant women. Methods: Using data from the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (un-weighted sample N = 5,679 and weighted sample N = 68,719) linked to the neighbourhoods Census data, we performed contextual analysis to compare abuse prevalence among: immigrants ≤5 years, immigrants >5 years and Canadian-born. We identified two level effect modifiers: living in high (≤15 % of households at or below low-income cut-off- [LICO]) versus low-income (>15 % below LICO) neighbourhoods and living in high (≥25 %) versus low immigrant (<25 %) neighbourhoods. Individual socioeconomic position (SEP), family variables and neighbourhood SEP or percentage of immigrants were considered in different logistic regression models. Results: Immigrant women were less likely to experience abuse even upon adjustment for individual SEP, family variables and neighbourhood characteristics. The protective effect of the neighborhood was stronger among immigrant women living in low-income and high immigrant neighborhoods, irrespective of length of stay in Canada. Conclusion: Policies and interventions to reduce abuse among immigrant women need to consider neighbourhood's SEP and concentration of immigrants.
AB - Objectives: To examine the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and concentration of immigrants, and abuse among immigrant women versus non-immigrant women. Methods: Using data from the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (un-weighted sample N = 5,679 and weighted sample N = 68,719) linked to the neighbourhoods Census data, we performed contextual analysis to compare abuse prevalence among: immigrants ≤5 years, immigrants >5 years and Canadian-born. We identified two level effect modifiers: living in high (≤15 % of households at or below low-income cut-off- [LICO]) versus low-income (>15 % below LICO) neighbourhoods and living in high (≥25 %) versus low immigrant (<25 %) neighbourhoods. Individual socioeconomic position (SEP), family variables and neighbourhood SEP or percentage of immigrants were considered in different logistic regression models. Results: Immigrant women were less likely to experience abuse even upon adjustment for individual SEP, family variables and neighbourhood characteristics. The protective effect of the neighborhood was stronger among immigrant women living in low-income and high immigrant neighborhoods, irrespective of length of stay in Canada. Conclusion: Policies and interventions to reduce abuse among immigrant women need to consider neighbourhood's SEP and concentration of immigrants.
KW - Abuse against women
KW - Abuse during pregnancy
KW - Canada
KW - Immigrant women
KW - Neighbourhood immigrant concentration
KW - Neighbourhood socioeconomic position
KW - Violence
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U2 - 10.1007/s00038-012-0367-8
DO - 10.1007/s00038-012-0367-8
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84864047518
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 57
SP - 679
EP - 689
JO - International Journal of Public Health
JF - International Journal of Public Health
IS - 4
ER -
