Abstract
Research on the association between migration and health among nonmigrant family in Jamaica is limited. Data from the 2012 Jamaica Return(ed) Migrants Study (N=621) and weighted regression models were used to investigate the association between migration and health among left-behind women (n=323) and men (n=298) in Jamaica. Compared to women whose children lived in Jamaica, women who had a child abroad reported lower odds of good mental health (OR=0.46, 95% CI0.21, 0.97). Men in this situation were less satisfied with their lives (b= -2.370, p=0.031). Women reported better physical (b= -2.113, p=0.010) and mental (b= -3.119, p= 0.039) healthscores when a parent, but not a grandparent, lived abroad. Men with a migrant spouse/partner reported significantly more physical illness symptoms than men whose spouse/partner lived in Jamaica (b=3.215, p=0.013). Migration exerts disparate health impacts on left-behind family and may disrupt social relationships.
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