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Does long-term air pollution exposure affect self-reported health and limiting long term illness disproportionately for ethnic minorities in the UK? A census-based individual level analysis
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dc.contributor.author | Abed Al Ahad, Mary | |
dc.contributor.author | Demšar, Urška | |
dc.contributor.author | Sullivan, Frank | |
dc.contributor.author | Kulu, Hill | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-07T13:30:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-07-07T13:30:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-06-30 | |
dc.identifier | 280227117 | |
dc.identifier | d3accd7b-3104-42d3-8c9a-67ea4b2b14a9 | |
dc.identifier | 85133208134 | |
dc.identifier | 000819371900001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Abed Al Ahad , M , Demšar , U , Sullivan , F & Kulu , H 2022 , ' Does long-term air pollution exposure affect self-reported health and limiting long term illness disproportionately for ethnic minorities in the UK? A census-based individual level analysis ' , Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy , vol. First Online . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-022-09471-1 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1874-463X | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-7791-2807/work/115309106 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-8808-0719/work/115309307 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-6623-4964/work/115309455 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9006-730X/work/115309476 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/25621 | |
dc.description | This study is part of a PhD project that was supported by the St Leonard’s interdisciplinary PhD scholarship, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Previous studies have investigated the impact of air pollution on health and mortality. However, there is little research on how this impact varies by individuals’ ethnicity. Using a sample of more than 2.5-million individuals aged 16 and older from the 2011 UK census linked to 10-years air pollution data, this article investigates the effect of air pollution on self-reported general health and limiting long-term illness (LLTI) in five main ethnic groups and by country of birth in UK. The association of air pollution with self-reported health and LLTI by individual’s ethnicity was examined using two levels mixed-effects generalised-linear models. Pakistani/Bangladeshi, Indian, Black/African/Caribbean, and other ethnic minorities and people born outside UK/Ireland were more likely to report poorer health and the presence of LLTI than White-group and UK/Ireland born individuals. Higher concentrations of NO2, SO2 and CO pollutants were associated with poorer self-reported health and the presence of LLTI in the UK population. Analysis by ethnicity showed a more pronounced effect of NO2, PM10, PM2.5, and CO air pollution on poor self-reported health and the presence of LLTI among ethnic minorities, mostly for people from Black/African/Caribbean origin compared to White people, and among non-UK/Ireland born individuals compared to natives. Using a large-scale individual-level census data linked to air pollution spatial data, our study supports the long-term deteriorating effect of air pollution on self-reported health and LLTI, which is more pronounced for ethnic minorities and non-natives. | |
dc.format.extent | 26 | |
dc.format.extent | 1822199 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy | en |
dc.subject | Air pollution | en |
dc.subject | Self-reported health | en |
dc.subject | Limiting-long-term-illness | en |
dc.subject | Ethnicity | en |
dc.subject | Country of birth | en |
dc.subject | United Kingdom | en |
dc.subject | G Geography (General) | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | G1 | en |
dc.title | Does long-term air pollution exposure affect self-reported health and limiting long term illness disproportionately for ethnic minorities in the UK? A census-based individual level analysis | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Population and Health Research | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Population and Behavioural Science Division | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Environmental Change Research Group | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sir James Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s12061-022-09471-1 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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