Pathways between perceived discrimination and health among immigrants: Evidence from a large national panel survey in Germany

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 493-510

  Schunck, Reinhard ^a   Reiss, Katharina ^a   Razum, Oliver ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discrimination; fixed effects; Germany; health; immigrants; longitudinal data analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937190982     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2014.932756     Document Type: Article

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