Assimilation and emerging health disparities among new generations of U.S. children

This article shows that the prevalence of four common child health conditions increases across generations (from first-generation immigrant children to second-generation U.S.-born children of immigrants to third-and-higher-generation children) within each of four major U.S. racial/ethnic groups. In...

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Main Authors: Erin Hamilton, Jodi Berger Cardoso, Robert A. Hummer, Yolanda C. Padilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-12-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol25/25/

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