Converging to American: Healthy Immigrant Effect in Children of Immigrants
| Autor: | Mónica García-Pérez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Economics and Econometrics Asia Health Status media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Mothers Child health Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 0502 economics and business Economics medicine Humans National Health Interview Survey Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine 050207 economics Child media_common Child care Asian 05 social sciences Child Health Hispanic or Latino Emigration and Immigration Health Services medicine.disease United States Acculturation Latin America Family planning Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | American Economic Review. 106:461-466 |
| ISSN: | 0002-8282 |
| DOI: | 10.1257/aer.p20161110 |
| Popis: | We analyze children of immigrants' healthy immigrant effect using parental year of arrival and region of birth. Using data from Integrated National Health Interview Survey 2008-2014, we evaluate children of immigrants' health status by using obesity rates and the number of visits to the doctor versus their native counterparts. Consistent with their parents, children of immigrants' health status declines the longer their parents, remain in the United States. Meanwhile, there is an increase in the number of visits to the doctor the more years their parents, have resided in the country. The convergence rate differs by immigrant group. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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