Does an immigrant health paradox exist among Asian Americans? Associations of nativity and occupational class with self-rated health and mental disorders

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2085-2098

  John, Dolly A ^a   de Castro, A B ^b   Martin, Diane P ^b   Duran, Bonnie ^b   Takeuchi, David T ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Immigrants; Mental health; Occupational class; Self rated health; Socioeconomic status; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869497689     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.035     Document Type: Article

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