English proficiency and language preference: Testing the equivalence of two measures

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 563-569

  Gee, Gilbert C ^a   Walsemann, Katrina M ^b   Takeuchi, David T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTILINGUALISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77149145828     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.156976     Document Type: Article

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