Contextualizing nativity status, Latino social ties, and ethnic enclaves: an examination of the ‘immigrant social ties hypothesis’.
ObjectivesResearchers have posited that one potential explanation for the better-than-expected health outcomes observed among some Latino immigrants, vis-à-vis their US-born counterparts, may be the strength of social ties and social support among immigrants. MethodsWe examined the association betwe...
| Publicado en: | Ethnicity & Health Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 586 - 610 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2013
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