Language acquisition, unemployment and depressive disorder among Southeast Asian refugees: A 10-year study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1321-1334

  Beiser, Morton ^a,b,c   Hou, Feng ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement   (Canada)

^d STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Depressive disorder; Language ability; Refugee resettlement; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADAPTATION; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYABILITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REFUGEES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0034840341     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00412-3     Document Type: Article

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