Employment status, duration of residence and mental health among skilled migrants to New Zealand: Results of a longitudinal study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 272-287

  Pernice, Regina ^a   Trlin, Andrew ^a   Henderson, Anne ^c   North, Nicola ^b   Skinner, Monica ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Independent Researcher   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Duration of residence; Employment; Immigrants; Mental health; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRANT WORKER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65449170384     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764008093685     Document Type: Article

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