abstract: 'The self-reported number of workdays missed due to injury or illness, or

  sick days, is a reliable measure of health among working-aged adults.

  Although sick days is a relatively underexplored health-related outcome

  in migration studies, it can provide a multidimensional understanding of

  immigrant wellbeing and integration. Current understandings of the

  association between migration status and sick days are limited for two

  reasons. First, in the United States, few nationally representative

  surveys collect migration status information. Second, researchers lack

  consensus on the most reliable approach for assigning migration status.

  We use the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to

  examine sick days and draw comparisons between two methods for assigning

  migration status-a logical approach and a survey approach. The logical

  method assigns migration status to foreign-born respondents based on

  characteristics such as government employment or welfare receipt, while

  the survey approach relies on self-reported survey responses. Sick days

  among immigrants was correlated with and predicted by other health

  conditions available in the SIPP. Comparisons of sick days by migration

  status vary based on migration assignment approach. Lawful Permanent

  Residents (LPRs) reported more sick days than non-LPRs and appear less

  healthy when migration status is assigned using the logical approach.

  The logical approach also produced a gap in sick days between LPRs and

  non-LPRs that is not replicated in the survey approach. The results

  demonstrate that if migration status is not measured directly in the

  data, interpretation of migration status effects should proceed

  cautiously.'
affiliation: 'Altman, CE (Corresponding Author), 304 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
  USA.

  Altman, Claire E., Univ Missouri, Dept Hlth Sci, Columbia, MO USA.

  Bachmeier, James D.; Spence, Cody, Temple Univ, Dept Sociol, Philadelphia, PA 19122
  USA.

  Hamilton, Christal, Columbia Univ, Ctr Poverty \& Social Policy, Sch Social Work,
  New York, NY USA.'
article-number: 01979183221084333
author: Altman, Claire E. and Bachmeier, James D. and Spence, Cody and Hamilton, Christal
author-email: altmanc@health.missouri.edu
author_list:
- family: Altman
  given: Claire E.
- family: Bachmeier
  given: James D.
- family: Spence
  given: Cody
- family: Hamilton
  given: Christal
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/01979183221084333
earlyaccessdate: APR 2022
eissn: 1747-7379
files: []
issn: 0197-9183
journal: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
keywords: sick days; immigration; SIPP; legal status; measurement
keywords-plus: 'IMMIGRANT LEGAL STATUS; HEALTH ADVANTAGE; WORKERS; ABSENCE; DISPARITIES;

  INJURY; CARE; MORTALITY; EXPERIENCES; EMPLOYMENT'
language: English
month: MAR
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '84'
orcid-numbers: Altman, Claire/0000-0002-9285-7348
pages: 395-420
papis_id: 088be890f153bbecf836c773cbedbfe4
ref: Altman2023sickdays
times-cited: '1'
title: 'Sick Days: Logical Versus Survey Identification of the Foreign-Born Population
  in the United States'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000783892300001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
volume: '57'
web-of-science-categories: Demography
year: '2023'