Children of immigrants : health, adjustment, and public assistance / Donald J. Hernandez, editor ; Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, National Research Council and Institute of Medicine.

Other author Hernandez, Donald J.
Other author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©1999.
Descriptionx, 660 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Contenthttp://www.nap.edu
Subjects
Children of immigrants--United States. --Social conditions.
Children of immigrants--United States. --Economic conditions.
Children of immigrants--Health and hygiene. --United States.

Contents Children of immigrants : health, adjustment, and public assistance / Donald J. Hernandez -- Socioeconomic and demographic risk factors and resources among children in immigrant and native-born families : 1910, 1960, and 1990 / Donald J. Hernandez and Katherine Darke -- Access to health insurance and health care for children in immigrant families / E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Hongjian Yu, Abel Valenzuela, and Liane Dong -- The health and nutritional status of immigrant Hispanic children : analyses of the Hispanic health and nutrition examination survey / Fernando S. Mendoza and Lori Beth Dixon -- Immigration and infant health : birth outcomes of immigrant and native-born women / Nancy S. Landale, R.S. Oropesa, and Bridget K. Gorman -- The health status and risk behaviors of adolescents in immigrant families / Kathleen Mullan Harris -- Educational profile of 3- to 8-year-old children of immigrants / Christine Winquist Nord and James A. Griffin -- Psychological well-being and educational achievement among immigrant youth / Grace Kao -- Passages to adulthood : the adaptation of children of immigrants in Southern California / Rubén G. Rumbaut -- Receipt of public assistance by Mexican American and Cuban American children in native and immigrant families / Sandra L. Hofferth -- Receipt of public assistance by immigrant children and their families : evidence from the survey of income and program participation / Peter David Brandon -- Children in immigrant and nonimmigrant farmworker families : findings from the National Agricultural Workers survey / Richard Mines.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Other formsAlso available on the Internet.
LCCN 99006807 99006624
ISBN0309065453 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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