From NBC Latino:
According to a recent study conducted by researchers from Stanford University and Rice University, bilingual Latino and Asian immigrants reported better self-rated physical and mental health over recent immigrants fluent solely in their native language.... Rubén G. Rumbaut, a professor of sociology at University of California, Irvine, is intrigued by the study's findings, but says it's nearly impossible to isolate language from experience and create a casual connection between language proficiency and positive health outcomes. "The fault with this study is that although they included a national sample of Latinos, they only included foreign born Hispanics from Mexico, Cuba and Puerto Rico," remarked Dr. Rumbaut, who has conducted significant research on Latinos and health. "To be conclusive, the researchers should have tried to consider acculturated Latinos across the Caribbean and the Americas within the study and follow them over time, because the Puerto Rican experience can be very different from the Cuban, and even more so from South American."

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