Family functioning as a mediator between neighborhood conditions and children's health: Evidence from a national survey in the United States

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1939-1947

  Fan, Yingling ^a   Chen, Qian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Family functioning; General health; Mediation; Neighborhood; Social ecology; USA

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; PARENT; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860463124     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.039     Document Type: Article

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