Table 1 Included studies by data source, data type, measure type, and information used to measure undocumented status
Author(s), year | Title | Study size (n) | Study population | Data typec | Measure typed | Piece of information used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct data sourcesa | ||||||
Bacallao and Smokoski, 2009 | Entre dos mundos/between two worlds: bicultural development in context. | 26 | Mexican adolescents and their parents | Qualitative—interviews | Unknown | Unknown |
Bacallao and Smokoski, 2013 | Obstacles to getting ahead: how assimilation mechanisms impact undocumented Mexican immigrant families. | 10 | Undocumented Mexican immigrant families | Qualitative—interviews | Unknown | Unknown |
Brabeck and Guzman, 2009 | Exploring Mexican-origin intimate partner abuse survivors’ help-seeking within their sociocultural contexts. | 75 | Mexican immigrant and Mexican-American women survivors of domestic violence | Survey—investigator-initiated | Unknown | Unknown |
Campesino et al., 2009 | Counternarratives of Mexican-origin women with breast cancer | 10 | Monolingual Spanish-speaking immigrants receiving breast cancer treatment | Qualitative—interviews | Self-reported | Self-reported undocumented status |
Cartwright, 2011 | Immigrant dreams: legal pathologies and structural vulnerabilities along the immigration continuum. | 196 | Mexican immigrants | Qualitative—ethnography | Unknown | Unknown |
Cavazos-Rehg et al., 2007 | Legal status, emotional well-being and subjective health status of Latino immigrants. | 143 | Latino immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Proxy | Concern about deportation |
Chandler et al., 2012 | No me póngan mucha importancia: care-seeking experiences of undocumented Mexican immigrant women with chronic illness. | 26 | Undocumented Mexican immigrant women | Qualitative—ethnography, interviews | Unknown | Unknown |
Chavez, 2012 | Undocumented immigrants and their use of medical services in Orange County, California. | 1201 | Residents of Orange County, CA | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Chen, 2009 | Predictors of breast examination practices of Chinese immigrants. | 135 | Chinese immigrant women | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Unknown |
Chu et al., 2003 | Effects of post-migration factors on PTSD outcomes among immigrant survivors of political violence. | 875 | Immigrant survivors of political violence | Clinical—clinical intake interviews | Self-reported | Unknown |
Cleaveland, 2010 | We are not criminals: “social work advocacy and unauthorized migrants.” | 32 | Latino day laborers | Qualitative—ethnography, interviews | Unknown | Unknown |
Coffman et al., 2009 | Self-prescription practices in recent Latino immigrants. | 19 | Latino immigrants | Qualitative—focus groups | Unknown | Unknown |
Dang et al., 2012 | Sociocultural and structural barriers to care among undocumented Latino immigrants with HIV infection. | 22 | Undocumented Latino immigrants | Qualitative—interviews | Unknown | Unknown |
Deb-Sossa et al., 2013 | Experiences of undocumented Mexican migrant women when accessing sexual and reproductive health services in California, USA: a case study | 8 | Undocumented Mexican immigrant women | Qualitative—interviews | Self-reported | Unknown |
Dillon et al., 2013 | Acculturative stress and diminishing family cohesion among recent Latino immigrants. | 405 | Cuban, Colombian, Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Self-reported undocumented status |
Flores et al., 2006 | Why are Latinos the most uninsured racial/ethnic group of US children? A community-based study of risk factors for and consequences of being an uninsured Latino child. | 1100 | Latino parents | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Unknown |
Fuentes-Afflick and Hessol, 2009 | Immigration status and use of health services among Latina women in the San Francisco Bay Area. | 710 | Latina women mothers who recently gave birth | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Self-reported undocumented status |
Fuentes-Afflick et al., 2006 | Use of prenatal care by Hispanic women after welfare reform. | 3957 | Latina women mothers who recently gave birth | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Self-reported undocumented status |
Goldman, 2005 | Legal status and health insurance among immigrants. | 1056 | Residents of Los Angeles County, CA | Survey—Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Guendelman et al., 2005 | Overcoming the odds: access to care for immigrant children in working poor families in California. | 4440 | Children and adolescents | Survey—California Health Interview Survey | Self-reported | Unknown |
Guh et al., 2011 | Missed opportunities to prevent tuberculosis in foreign-born persons, Connecticut, 2005–2008. | 346 | Immigrants with suspected TB | Clinical—surveillance data | Self-reported | Unknown |
Hadley et al., 2008 | Hunger and health among undocumented Mexican migrants in a US urban area. | 430 | Mexican immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Heyman et al., 2009 | Healthcare access and barriers for unauthorized immigrants in El Paso County, Texas. | 52 | Undocumented immigrants | Unknown—interviews | Unknown | Unknown |
Holmes and Marcelli, 2012 | Neighborhoods and systemic inflammation: high CRP among legal and unauthorized Brazilian migrants. | 307 | Brazilian immigrants | Survey—ethnography, interviews | Self-reported | Unknown |
Holmes, 2006 | An ethnographic study of the social context of migrant health in the United States. | n/a | Migrant farm workers | Qualitative—investigator-initiated | Unknown | Unknown |
Ingram et al., 2010 | Experiences of immigrant women who self-petition under the Violence Against Women Act. | 21 | Immigrant women who filed VAWA self-petitions | Qualitative—interviews, focus groups | Unknown | Unknown |
Loue et al., 2005 | Welfare and immigration reform and use of prenatal care among women of Mexican ethnicity in San Diego, California. | 157 | Mexican immigrant and Mexican-American women | Qualitative—interviews | Unknown | Unknown |
Maldonado et al., 2013 | Fear of discovery among Latino immigrants presenting to the emergency department. | 1007 | Undocumented Latino immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Marín et al., 2009 | Evidence of organizational injustice in poultry processing plants: possible effects on occupational health and safety among Latino workers in North Carolina. | 200 | Poultry workers | Survey—investigator initiated | Unknown | Unknown |
Marshall et al., 2005 | Health status and access to health care of documented and undocumented immigrant Latino women. | 197 | Latina immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Momper et al., 2009 | The prevalence and types of gambling among undocumented Mexican immigrants in New York City. | 431 | Undocumented Mexicans | Survey—investigator-initiated | Unknown | Unknown |
Montealegre et al., 2005 | HIV testing behaviors among undocumented Central American immigrant women in Houston, Texas. | 182 | Undocumented Central American immigrant women | Unknown—investigator-initiated | Unknown | Unknown |
Montealegre et al., 2012 | Prevalence of HIV risk behaviors among undocumented Central American immigrant women in Houston, Texas. | 210 | Central American immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-report | Unknown |
Morano et al., 2013 | Latent tuberculosis infection: screening and treatment in an urban setting. | 357 | TB patients | Clinical—baseline clinical interview | Unknown | Unknown |
Nandi et al., 2008 | Access to and use of health services among undocumented Mexican immigrants in a US urban area. | 431 | Undocumented Mexican immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Unknown |
Negi, 2013 | Battling discrimination and social isolation: psychological distress among Latino day laborers. | 150 | Latino day laborers | Qualitative—investigator-initiated | Proxy | Personal or population characteristic |
Ordoñez, 2012 | Boots for my Sancho’: structural vulnerability among Latin American day labourers in Berkeley, California. | 10 | Latino day laborers | Qualitative—ethnography | Unknown | Unknown |
Ornelas et al., 2013 | Perceived barriers to opportunity and their relation to substance use among Latino immigrant men. | 291 | Latino immigrant males | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Unknown |
Ortega et al., 2007 | Health care access, use of services, and experiences among undocumented Mexicans and other Latinos. | 42,004 | Adults in California | Survey—California Health Interview Survey | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Pivnick et al., 2010 | Accessing primary care: HIV+ Caribbean immigrants in the Bronx. | 55 | HIV-positive Caribbean immigrants | Survey—ethnography, interviews | Self-reported | Self-reported undocumented status |
Potochnik et al., 2010 | Depression and anxiety among first-generation immigrant Latino youth: key correlates and implications for future research. | 281 | First-generation Latino immigrant youth | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Unknown |
Prentice et al., 2005 | Immigration status and health insurance coverage: who gains? Who loses? | 2130 | Residents of Los Angeles County, CA | Survey—Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Standish et al., 2010 | Household density among undocumented Mexican immigrants in New York City. | 404 | Undocumented Mexican immigrants | Survey—investigator-initiated | Self-reported | Unknown |
Stevens et al., 2010 | Health insurance and access to care for families with young children in California, 2001–2005: differences by immigration status. | 37,236 | Families with children in California | Survey—California Health Interview Survey | Unknown | Unknown |
Valdez et al., 2013 | Why we stay: “immigrants’ motivations for remaining in communities impacted by anti-immigration policy.” | 25 | Mexican immigrant parents | Qualitative—focus groups | Proxy | Personal or population characteristic |
Vargas-Bustamante et al., 2012 | Variations in healthcare access and utilization among Mexican immigrants: the role of documentation status. | 51,048 | Representative sample of CA | Survey—California Health Interview Survey | Self-reported | Self-reported legal status |
Walter et al., 2004 | Masculinity and undocumented labor migration: injured Latino day laborers in San Francisco. | 40 | Day laborers | Qualitative—ethnography | Unknown | Unknown |
Yoshikawa et al., 2008 | Access to institutional resources as a measure of social exclusion: relations with family process and cognitive development in the context of immigration. | 181 | Dominican, Mexican, and Black mothers of 24-month-old children | Survey—investigator-initiated | Proxy | Possession of institutional resources |
Indirect data sourcesb | ||||||
Achkar et al., 2008 | Differences in clinical presentation among persons with pulmonary tuberculosis: a comparison of documented and undocumented foreign-born versus US-born persons. | 194 | TB patients | Clinical—medical records | Proxy | Unknown |
Appleby et al., 2008 | The impact of immigration on psychiatric hospitalization in Illinois from 1993 to 2003. | 13,408 | Individuals admitted to public psychiatric hospitals | Clinical—state hospital Clinical Information System | Proxy | Social Security number |
Dubard and Massing, 2007 | Trends in Emergency Medicaid expenditures for recent and undocumented immigrants. | 48,391 | Immigrants receiving Emergency Medicaid | Administrative—state Medicaid data | Proxy | Type of health insurance |
Hacker et al., 2011 | The impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on immigrant health: perceptions of immigrants in Everett, Massachusetts, USA. | 52 | Immigrants | Qualitative—focus groups | Unknown | Unknown |
Korinek et al., 2011 | Prenatal care among immigrant and racial-ethnic minority women in a new immigrant destination: exploring the impact of immigrant legal status. | 300,000+ | Women who gave birth in Utah | Administrative—Utah population database | Proxy | Possession of institutional resources |
Leclere et al., 2012 | The jornalero: perceptions of health care resources of immigrant day laborers. | 20 | Day laborers | Qualitative—interviews | Proxy | Personal or population characteristic |
Linden et al., 2012 | Kidney transplantation in undocumented immigrants with ESRD: a policy whose time has come? | 132 | ESRD immigrant patients | Clinical—patient survey | Proxy | Social Security number |
Lowry et al., 2010 | Possibilities and challenges in occupational injury surveillance of day laborers. | 160 | Day laborers | Clinical—hospital trauma registry | Proxy | Social Security number |
Mitchell et al., 2012 | Who will cover the cost of undocumented immigrant trauma care? | 36,525 | Patients diagnosed with trauma | Clinical-quantitative —data extraction (e.g., insurance files) | Proxy | Type of health insurance |
Poon et al., 2013 | Treatment outcomes in undocumented Hispanic immigrants with HIV infection | 1620 | HIV-positive Hispanic immigrants | Clinical—patient survey | Proxy | Social Security number |
Rasmussen et al., 2013 | The subjective experience of trauma and subsequent PTSD in a sample of undocumented immigrants. | 212 | Individuals presenting at US ports of entry | Qualitative—interviews | Proxy | Personal or population characteristic |
Reed et al., 2005 | Birth outcomes in Colorado’s undocumented immigrant population | 5961 | Women who gave birth in Colorado | Administrative—linked Medicaid and birth certificate data | Proxy | Type of health insurance |
Stimpson et al., 2013 | Unauthorized immigrants spend less than other immigrants and US natives on health care. | NA | Medical care expenditures | Survey—Medical Expenditure Panel Survey | Self-reported | Statistical modeling |