Ethnicity and nativity status as determinants of perceived social support: Testing the concept of familism

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1852-1858

  Almeida, Joanna ^a   Molnar, Beth E ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Familism; Latinos; Nativity; Primary language; Social support; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH POLICY; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; LATINO PEOPLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHICAGO; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249085657     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.029     Document Type: Article

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