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.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Hernandez, Donald J.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 660 p. :; ill.
• Other title: Children of immigrants : health, adjustment, and public assistance /; Socioeconomic and demographic risk factors and resources among children in immigrant and native-born families : 1910, 1960, and 1990 /; Access to health insurance and health care for children in immigrant families /; The health and nutritional status of immigrant Hispanic children : analyses of the Hispanic health and nutrition examination survey /; Immigration and infant health : birth outcomes of immigrant and native-born women /; The health status and risk behaviors of adolescents in immigrant families /; Educational profile of 3- to 8-year-old children of immigrants /; Psychological well-being and educational achievement among immigrant youth /; Passages to adulthood : the adaptation of children of immigrants in Southern California /; Receipt of public assistance by Mexican American and Cuban American children in native and immigrant families /; 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: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 0309065453 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780309065450; 9780309519557 (electronic bk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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.