Do post-migration perceptions of social mobility matter for Latino immigrant health?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-106

  Alcántara, Carmela ^a,b   Chen, Chih Nan ^c   Alegría, Margarita ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; Hispanic; Immigrants; Major depressive episode; Physical health; Socioeconomic status; Subjective social status; USA

Indexed keywords

HEALTH DISPARITIES; HISPANIC; IMMIGRANTS; MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE; PHYSICAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUBJECTIVE SOCIAL STATUS; USA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CUBA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

HEALTH STATUS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEXICAN; MIGRATION; PUERTO RICAN; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894069364     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.11.024     Document Type: Article

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