Risk as Social Context
Immigration Policy and Autism in California 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12136012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Fountain (0000-0002-4742-886X, Columbia University), P Bearman (0000-0002-3745-3164, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 215-240 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0884-8971 • E-ISSN: 1573-7861 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2011.01238.x |
| PMID | 21643443 |
| PMCID | PMC3105781 |
| OpenAlex | W2100368433 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 37 |
Motivated by the dramatic increase in autism diagnoses in recent years, research into risk factors has uncovered substantial variation in autism prevalence by race/ethnicity, SES, and geography. Less studied is the connection between autism diagnosis rates and the social and political context. In this article, we link the temporal pattern of autism diagnosis for Hispanic children in California to state and federal anti-immigrant policy, particularly ballot initiative Proposition 187, limiting access to public services for undocumented immigrants and their families. Using a population-level dataset of 1992-2003 California births linked to 1992-2006 autism case records, we show that the effects of state and federal policies toward immigrants are visible in the rise and fall of autism risk over time. The common epidemiological practice of estimating risk on pooled samples is thereby shown to obscure patterns and mis-estimate effect sizes. Finally, we illustrate how spatial variation in Hispanic autism rates reflects differential vulnerability to these policies. This study reveals not only the spillover effects of immigration policy on children's health, but also the hazards of treating individual attributes like ethnicity as risk factors without regard to the social and political environments that give them salience
Autism · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Population · Public health · Public policy · Sociology · Autism Spectrum Disorder Research · Demography · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology and Viral Diseases
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Socioeconomic Status and the Increased Prevalence of Autism in California
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |