Disparity in disability between native-born non-Hispanic white and foreign-born Asian older adults in the United States: Effects of educational attainment and age at immigration

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1249-1257

  Lee, Min Ah ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age at immigration; Asian immigrants; Disability; Educational attainment; Migration; Racial ethnic health inequality; USA

Indexed keywords

AGE; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; IMMIGRATION; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954836147     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.020     Document Type: Article

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