Study Findings on COVID-19 Described by a Researcher at Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla (Do Segmented Assimilation Theory and Racialized Place Inequality Framework Help Explain Differences in Deaths Due to COVID-19 Observed …): Coronavirus – COVID-19

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2024 JAN 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on COVID-19 are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from the Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This article studies the differences in the correlation between deaths and the Hispanic share for different Hispanic subgroups in New York City.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla: “Such differences are predicted by Segmented Assimilation Theory as different assimilation paths. The study is carried out at the level of PUMAs, and it is argued that such geographic locations are macro-level factors that determine health outcomes, as the theory of Racialized Place Inequality Framework claims. The study presents a spatially correlated model that allows to decompose the spatial effects into direct and indirect effects. Direct effects are linked to the macro structure where the individual lives, while indirect effects refer to effects in the adjacent macro structures where the individual lives. The results show that both types of effects are significant. The importance of the direct effects is predicted by RPIF, while the importance of the indirect effects is a new result that shows the complexity of the effects of macro structures.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The article also shows results for subsamples that allow to test the importance of different factors that have been linked to the excess deaths observed among Hispanics. The effects of such factors are also found to be heterogenous among the different Hispanic subgroups, which also provides evidence in favor of the Segmented Assimilation Theory. Access to health insurance and doctor density are found to be the most important elements that serve as protective factors for all Hispanic subgroups in New York City, signaling its importance in achieving assimilation for Hispanic immigrants to New York City.”

For more information on this research see: Do Segmented Assimilation Theory and Racialized Place Inequality Framework Help Explain Differences in Deaths Due to COVID-19 Observed among Hispanic Subgroups in New York City?. Social Sciences, 2023,13(1). (Social Sciences - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/socsci). The publisher for Social Sciences is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13010019.

Our news journalists report that more information may be obtained by contacting Alfredo Cuecuecha, Faculty of Economics, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla C.P. 72090, Mexico.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the author of this research: Alfredo Cuecuecha (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2828-0473).