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Title: Health and Habits among Mexicans Immigrants to the United States: A Time Use Perspective

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Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: The health status of Mexican Immigrants has important repercussions on their economic well-being and that of their families and the areas they live. There is extensive scientific literature documenting the health status of Mexican immigrants but not its causes. Acculturation, assimilation to the labor market, and changes in the composition of the household generate new behaviors that might have a direct effect on the immigrants health status. In this study, I analyze the determinants of the health status of this large segment of the US population from a time use perspective. In particular, I examine how their eating and physical activity habits vary with time since arrival in the U.S.

Url: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2155037

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Authors: Vargas, Andres J

Publisher: American Society of Hispanic Economists

Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Health, Migration and Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

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