Immigrant generation and physical activity among Mexican, Chinese & Filipino adults in the U.S.

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1997-2005

  Afable Munsuz, Aimee ^a   Ponce, Ninez A ^b   Rodriguez, Michael ^b   Perez Stable, Eliseo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Asian Americans; Assimilation; Chinese Americans; Filipino Americans; Hispanic Americans; Mexican Americans; Physical activity; Socioeconomic status (SES); USA

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FILIPINO; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952674713     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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