Shorter stay, longer life: Age at migration and mortality among the older Mexican-origin population

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 914-931

  Angel, Ronald J ^a   Angel, Jacqueline L ^a   Díaz Venegas, Carlos ^a   Bonazzo, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

living arrangements; Mexico; migration

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957603415     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264310376540     Document Type: Article

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