Immigrant-native differences in child health: Does maternal education narrow or widen the gap?

Child Development

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1501-1509

  Jackson, Margot I ^a   Kiernan, Kathleen ^b   Mclanahan, Sara ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHERS;

EID: 84866164086     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01811.x     Document Type: Article

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