Assimilation and Health: Evidence From Linked Birth Records of Second- and Third-Generation Hispanics

This study explores the effects of assimilation on the health of Hispanics in the United States, using ethnic intermarriage as a metric of acculturation. I exploit a unique data set of linked confidential use birth records in California and Florida from 1970–2009. The confidential data allow me to l...

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Volume:	53
Main Author:	Osea Giuntella
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	New York Population Association of America (Springer) 01.12.2016 Springer US SPRINGER
published in:	Demography Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 1979 - 2004
Data of publication:	20161201
ISSN:	0070-3370 1533-7790
EISSN:	1533-7790
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Women IMMIGRANT HEALTH Health outcomes Intermarriage Grandmothers Immigration Birth weight Children Mothers Hispanics ZIP codes Population Economics Social Sciences Demography Acculturation Birth outcomes Geography, general Sociology, general Medicine/Public Health, general Hispanic paradox Infant, Low Birth Weight Marriage - statistics & numerical data United States Humans Risk Factors Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data Socioeconomic Factors Pregnancy Health Behavior - ethnology Female Pregnancy Complications - ethnology Health Status Index Medicus UNITED-STATES Birth outcomes Intermarriage IMMIGRANTS INFANT-MORTALITY SMOKING Hispanic paradox INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION Acculturation UNHEALTHY ASSIMILATION ETHNIC INTERMARRIAGE WEIGHT MARITAL ASSIMILATION
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Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2016 Web of Knowledge Web of Science MEDLINE (Ovid) PubMed MEDLINE MEDLINE MEDLINE Medline CrossRef MEDLINE - Academic Database information Databases - DBIS