naa a22 4500 510809138 CHVBK 20180411083433.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12134-011-0223-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12134-011-0223-3 Son Juyeon Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, 54901, Oshkosh, WI, USA aut Are Immigrants from Asia Healthier than Immigrants from Other Regions?: Self-reported Health Status and Functional Difficulties of Immigrants in the USA [Elektronische Daten] [Juyeon Son] This study examines how regions of origin are related to immigrant health status in the USA. This paper uses the National Health Interview Survey to examine health status differences between East and Southeast Asian immigrants and immigrants from other regions. The models control for duration, socioeconomic factors, and behavioral factors. Two health indicators are examined: self-reported health and functional difficulties. Results from ordered logit regression analyses demonstrate that some of the regions of birth do significantly predict differences in health for immigrants. Specifically, immigrants from Central America and the former Soviet Union do exhibit significant health disadvantages when compared with immigrants from East and Southeast Asia. The duration effect was positively related to functional difficulties but not to self-reported health status. Overall, economic resources and education typically have a strong relationship to the measures of immigrants' physical health. It was also found that drinking is persistently associated with better measures of physical health while smoking appears to have the opposite effect. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Immigrant health nationallicence Region of origin nationallicence Self-reported health nationallicence Functional difficulties nationallicence Asian immigrants nationallicence Duration nationallicence Socioeconomic and behavioral factors nationallicence Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/1(2013-02-01), 19-38 1488-3473 14:1<19 2013 14 12134 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-011-0223-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-011-0223-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Son Juyeon Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, 54901, Oshkosh, WI, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of International Migration and Integration Springer Netherlands 14/1(2013-02-01), 19-38 1488-3473 14:1<19 2013 14 12134 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer