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Title: In Search of The Promised Land: Birth and Mental Health Outcomes among African Americans of The Great Migration
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2022
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Abstract: The overall aim for this dissertation was to examine the extent that the Great Migration was associated with birth and mental health outcomes. Although Great Migration movers and their children experienced economic gains in education and earnings, literature has suggested that their health may not have followed the same trajectory. Compared to non-migrators, migrators experienced increased risks in adult mortality and infant mortality (Black et al., 2015; Eriksson & Niemesh, 2016). However, there are sizable research gaps remaining. The degree that these findings apply to other health outcomes and the potential mechanisms that might explain the worsened health outcomes documented in literature are unknown. This dissertation, situated towards the latter half of the Great Migration (between 1940 to 1980), aimed to answer a fraction of the many lingering questions that remain about the health of Great Migration migrators.
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Authors: Vu, Cecilia
Institution: Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Department: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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Publisher Location: Cambridge
Pages: 1-97
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Migration and Immigration, Population Health and Health Systems, Race and Ethnicity
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