Migration processes and self-rated health among marriage migrants in South Korea

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 20-38

  Chang, Hsin Chieh ^a,b   Wallace, Steven P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

marriage migrants; self rated health; social integration; socioeconomic status; South Korea

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHINA; SOUTH KOREA; VIET NAM;

ADULT; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOUTH KOREA; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947031487     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2014.992299     Document Type: Article

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