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Title: Health and Health Habits among Mexicans Immigrants to the Unites 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 immigrant’s 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.

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Authors: Vargas, Andres J

Publisher: The Report of the Hispanic Economic Outlook Committee

Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Work, Family, and Time

Countries: United States