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Mothers’ Investments in Child Health in the U.S. and U.K.: A Comparative Lens on the Immigrant 'Paradox'
Jackson, Margot; McLanahan, Sara; Kiernan, Kathleen - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Research on the immigrant paradox healthier behaviors and outcomes among more socioeconomically disadvantaged immigrants is mostly limited to the U.S. Hispanic population and to the study of birth outcomes. Using data from the Fragile Families Study and the Millennium Cohort Study, we expand our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149793
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Mothers’ Investments in Child Health in the U.S. and U.K.: A Comparative Lens on the Immigrant 'Paradox'
Jackson, Margot; McLanahan, Sara; Kiernan, Kathleen - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Research on the immigrant paradox healthier behaviors and outcomes among more socioeconomically disadvantaged immigrants is mostly limited to the U.S. Hispanic population and to the study of birth outcomes. Using data from the Fragile Families Study and the Millennium Cohort Study, we expand our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554088
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Neighborhood Context, Poverty, and Urban Children’s Outdoor Play
Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; McLanahan, Sara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2010
adolescents, less is known about residential context and young children’s physical activity. Using data from the Fragile Families … and Child Wellbeing Study (N=2,210), we explore whether outdoor play and television watching are associated with children … children’s outdoor play and television watching. Hours of outdoor play and television viewing are associated with BMI. Higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928147