Test of the 'healthy migrant hypothesis': A longitudinal analysis of health selectivity of internal migration in Indonesia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1331-1339

  Lu, Yao ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiological paradox; Healthy migrant; Indonesia; Migration

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNAL MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRATION; INDONESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDONESIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 50349103143     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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