Funded Research
Demographic Analysis of SES Stability and Well-Being among Children of Immigrants
Source: NIH/Bowling Green State University
Active: 05/13/2009 - 04/30/2011
Investigator(s):
Jennifer Van Hook
Kelly Balistreri (Bowling Green State University)
This project examines the relationship of various indicators of socioeconomic status (including changes in socioeconomic status) and overweight among the children of immigrants, using longitudinal data available from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) together with country-level data of the characteristics of immigrants' countries of origin.
