Persistent language barriers are associated with poor health outcomes. The agreement between reporting a language barrier at time of immigration and in the 2007-2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) was calculated using kappa scores among foreign-born individuals who arrived to Ontario, Canada between 1985 and 2005. A total of 2323 immigrants were included, with a mean (± SD) time of 10.2 ± 6.4 years between immigration and completing the CCHS. Only 6 % of immigrants reported a persistent language barrier, resulting in a low agreement between the two sources (kappa = 0.06, 95 % CI 0.042-0.086). Though immigrants were less likely to report a persistent language barrier the longer they had been in Canada, only 13 % of immigrants who had arrived <2 years ago reported one. Self-reported language barriers at time of immigration are poor indicators of persistent language barriers. There is a need for a better measure of language barriers among Canadian immigrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Persistent language barriers are associated with poor health outcomes. The agreement between reporting a language barrier at time of immigration and in the 2007-2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) was calculated using kappa scores among foreign-born individuals who arrived to Ontario, Canada between 1985 and 2005. A total of 2323 immigrants were included, with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[20,18],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-4442","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry","topic-health-and-health-care-inequality","topic-racialized-communities"],"acf":{"citation":"Okrainec K, Booth GL, Hollands S, Bell CM. J Immigr Minor Health<\/em>. 2017; 19(1):50-6. Epub 2015 Sep 22.","source_url":"","ices_scientist":[1175,1172,1305,17132],"site":[6733],"research_program":[6746],"news_release":[],"journal_article":[],"atlas":[],"research_report":[],"infographic":[],"video":[],"downloads":null,"links":null,"sitecore_item_id":"ED314DA8-FDDB-4956-880D-BE0E238914F1","sitecore_item_name":"Language-barriers-among-the-foreign-born-in-Canada-agreement-of-self-reported-measures","sitecore_field_values":"{\n \"Title\": \"Language barriers among the foreign-born in Canada: agreement of self-reported measures and persistence over time\",\n \"Short title\": \"Language barriers among the foreign-born\",\n \"Summary\": \"The objective of the study was to study how language barriers are related to poor health outcomes in Ontario, Canada.\",\n \"Citation\": \" Okrainec K, Booth GL, Hollands S, Bell CM. J Immigr Minor Health<\/em>. 2017; 19(1):50-6. Epub 2015 Sep 22.<\/p>\",\n \"Abstract\": \" Persistent language barriers are associated with poor health outcomes. The agreement between reporting a language barrier at time of immigration and in the 2007-2008 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) was calculated using kappa scores among foreign-born individuals who arrived to Ontario, Canada between 1985 and 2005. A total of 2323 immigrants were included, with a mean (± SD) time of 10.2 ± 6.4 years between immigration and completing the CCHS. Only 6 % of immigrants reported a persistent language barrier, resulting in a low agreement between the two sources (kappa = 0.06, 95 % CI 0.042-0.086). Though immigrants were less likely to report a persistent language barrier the longer they had been in Canada, only 13 % of immigrants who had arrived <2 years ago reported one. Self-reported language barriers at time of immigration are poor indicators of persistent language barriers. There is a need for a better measure of language barriers among Canadian immigrants.<\/p>\",\n \"Keywords\": \"{404E8236-468F-4DA1-8BA1-F405AC36275E}|{EE2080A9-E23C-4C90-87BE-BBFCC62C167F}\",\n \"Research Programs\": \"{CFE36C89-C969-4C23-B5E4-1BA9E5BDC273}\",\n \"ICES Locations\": \"{4FCAABBA-14A5-42E6-8F33-BC6C2F1D9908}\",\n \"ICES Scientists\": \"{98B8617F-C6B9-4032-9C0D-7053D3651ABA}|{9F60496B-63FD-4BE5-A7EF-C4969D7AACB3}|{D7FAC55A-F9A0-4BA0-815D-CB4DEFC0CCFC}\",\n \"Posted Date\": \"20150922T000000\",\n \"Show on Publications Landing Page\": \"1\"\n}","previous_url":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/Publications\/Journal-Articles\/2015\/January\/Language-barriers-among-the-foreign-born-in-Canada-agreement-of-self-reported-measures"},"yoast_head":"\n