Self-perceived health among Eastern European immigrants over 50 living in Western Europe.

OBJECTIVES: This paper examines whether Eastern European immigrants aged 50 and over living in Northern and Western Europe face a health disadvantage in terms of self-perceived health, with respect to the native-born. We also examined health changes over time (2004-2006-2010) through the probabilities of transition among self-perceived health states, and how they vary according to nativity status and age group. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). Logistic regressions and probabilities of transition were used. RESULTS: Results emphasise the health disadvantage of Eastern European immigrants living in Germany, France and  Sweden with respect to the native-born, even after controlling for socio-economic status. Probabilities of transition also evidenced that people born in Eastern Europe were more likely to experience worsening health and less likely to recover from sickness. CONCLUSIONS: This paper suggests that health inequalities do not affect immigrant groups in equal measure and confirm the poorer and more steeply deteriorating health status of Eastern European immigrants.

[The effect of sampling error on results of inverse projection: an empirical study]. / L'effetto dell'errore di campionamento sui risultati dell'inverse projection: uno studio empirico.

PIP: The authors conduct a simulation using population data from parishes in Perugia, Italy, from 1790 to 1830 to find out how sampling errors affect the results of inverse projections. They conclude that calculating the standard error is a necessary and possible part of such analyses.^ieng

[An attempt at the reconstruction of an urban population of the eighteenth century using a sample series of data on natural increase]. / Un tentativo di ricostruzione di una popolazione urbana nel'700 attraverso le serie campionarie del movimento naturale.

PIP: Data from 35 parishes in the Italian city of Perugia are used to reconstruct population developments in the city over the period from 1730 to 1789.^ieng

[From cultural to labor migration: toward integration of third-world migrants in the Umbrian labor market]. / Da immigrazione culturale a immigrazione di lavoro: l'inserimento degli extracomunitari nel mercato umbro.

The author describes "recent changes taking place in immigrant communities in [Umbria,] Italy.... After highlighting the main characteristics of the foreign presence in Umbria, the article looks at its modes of economic integration in the regional labor market. Results seem to indicate that there is a gradual strengthening of the occupational position of immigrants, not matched by their level of social integration." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND FRE)