Family legal status and health: Measurement dilemmas in studies of Mexican-origin children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 57-67

  Oropesa, R S ^a   Landale, Nancy S ^a   Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health; Immigrants; Legal status; Measurement; Mexican origin; Undocumented; United States

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LATINO PEOPLE;

ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CHILD HEALTH; CITIZENSHIP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEXICO; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS;

EID: 84930646376     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.038     Document Type: Article

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