(Un)Healthy Immigrant Citizens: Naturalization and Activity Limitations in Older Age

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-443

  Gubernskaya, Zoya ^a   Bean, Frank D ^b   Van Hook, Jennifer ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activity limitations; aging; American Community Survey (ACS); functional limitations; immigrant health paradox; Integrated H.I. Series (IHIS); naturalization; older immigrants; selection mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890085825     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146513504760     Document Type: Article

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