The Effect of School Quality on Black-White Health Differences: Evidence From Segregated Southern Schools

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1989-2012

  Frisvold, David ^a   Golberstein, Ezra ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health disparities; Health status; School quality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MINORITY HEALTH; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MINORITY HEALTH; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889683676     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0227-z     Document Type: Article

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