Physical well-being and school enrollment: A comparison of adopted and biological children in one-child families in China

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 609-623

  Liu, Jihong ^a   Wyshak, Grace ^b   Larsen, Ulla ^b  

^a Office of Family Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; China; Diarrhea; Education; Fever acute respiratory infections; Immunization

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIARRHEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONLY CHILD; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2442568492     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.11.008     Document Type: Article

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