Origin differences in self-reported health among older migrants living in France

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Vaillant, N ^a   Wolff, F C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

France; Immigrants; Origin differences; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; ELDERLY POPULATION; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA BASE; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRANT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

FRANCE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 77950889809     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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