Beyond conventional socioeconomic status: Examining subjective and objective social status with self-reported health among Asian immigrants

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-419

  Gong, Fang ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Takeuchi, David T ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian immigrants; Objective socioeconomic status; Socioeconomic status and health; Subjective socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864074670     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-011-9367-z     Document Type: Article

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