INTRODUCTION A longstanding and widely held assumption is that immigrants suffer from ill health and adaptation problems. Yet recent studies show that immigrants report the same or better state of health compared to their native-born counterparts. This phenomenon, known as the healthy immigrant effect, has been found in studies of specific health conditions of adults. The present study focuses ...

The paper attempts to critically analyse the representation of cultural versatility about tradition, rituals, family, class and identities through lens Amit Chaudhuri’s novel A New World. By shedding light on culturally significant locations like Kolkata’s streets markets as well components cuisine music in Bengali society, he hopes study re-examine city’s past while portraying its present. Ind...

OBJECTIVE To assess the influence of neighbourhood immigrant concentration on cardiovascular-disease-related hospitalizations in Canada (CVDH), while adjusting for individual-level immigrant status and socio-economic indicators at individual and neighbourhood levels. METHODS Data were from the 2006 Canadian Census linked to the hospital Discharge Abstract Data (DAD) for the province of Ontari...

We examined the prevalence and correlates of parent-reported behavioral problems among immigrants and US-born children aged 6-17 years. The 2007 National Survey of Children's Health was used to develop an 11-item factor-based behavioral problems index (BPI) and a dichotomous serious behavioral problems (SBP) measure. Logistic and least-squares regression and disparity indices were used to analy...

BACKGROUND Today 29.3% of all newborns in Sweden are second-generation immigrants. Studies on mental health among these children are few, inconclusive and vary widely with regard to the informant used and the age of the immigrant. The majority of previous studies focus on study groups that cover a wide age span but since mental health varies considerably during the preadolescent and adolescent ...

Marketing has faced new challenges over the past decade. The days of the mass market are definitely over. Consumers now are exposed to numerous cable channels and satellite channels. Many people do not get their information from TV at all, but use Web sites. The population has also developed. Minorities have grown and asserted their own tastes and needs. A product that is attractive to the aver...

The increasing numbers of Asian and other immigrants in the United States have resulted in greater demands for research methodology sensitive to cross-cultural issues. A regional probability sample (n = 407) of Asian elderly immigrants of different nationalities (Chinese, Korean, Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, or Japanese) residing in New York City was used to examine the reliability of the Geri...

Why do some immigrant minorities in the developing world integrate into their host societies while others face rejection and hostility? Half of all immigrants settle in developing countries, yet we know little about this immigrant experience. This paper introduces the variation in immigrant-host relations in sub-Saharan Africa. It then explains this variation as the result of immigrant leaders’...

What explains variation in individuals’ opposition to immigration? While scholars have consistently shown cultural concerns to be strong predictors of opposition, findings regarding the labor-market competition hypothesis are highly contested. To help understand these divergent results, we distinguish between the prevalence and conditional impact of determinants of immigration attitudes. Levera...