Beyond conventional socioeconomic status: examining subjective and objective social status with self-reported health among Asian immigrants.

Despite mounting evidence for a strong and persistent association between socioeconomic status (SES) and health, this relationship is largely unknown among Asian immigrants, a fast growing minority group in the US population. Previous research has typically focused on objective SES (primarily educat...

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Publicado en:Journal of Behavioral Medicine Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 407 - 420
Autores principales: Gong, Fang, Xu, Jun, Takeuchi, David
Formato: research statistics tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2012
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          Social Class Psychosocial Factors
          Attitude to Health
          Asians
          Immigrants Evaluation
          Patient Attitudes
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