Education and self-rated health: An individual and neighborhood level analysis of Asian Americans, Hawaiians, and Caucasians in Hawaii

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-569

  Zhang, Wei ^a   McCubbin, Hamilton ^a   McCubbin, Laurie ^b   Chen, Qi ^a   Foley, Shirley ^a   Strom, Ida ^a   Kehl, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Caucasians; Education; Ethnicity; Hawaii; Hawaiians; Neighborhoods; Self rated health; USA

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FILIPINO; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAWAII; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 74549120478     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.055     Document Type: Article

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