ERIC Number: EJ825232
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Feb
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Examining the Influences of Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Social Capital on the Subjective Health of Adolescents
Almgren, Gunnar; Magarati, Maya; Mogford, Liz
Journal of Adolescence, v32 n1 p109-133 Feb 2009
We investigate the factors that influence adolescent self-assessed health, based upon surveys conducted between 2000 and 2004 of high-school seniors in Washington State (N = 6853). A large proportion of the sample (30%) was first and second generation immigrants from Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Findings include a robust negative effect of female gender on self-reported health that is largely unmodified by demographic, developmental, social capital, and parental support variables, gender differences in the covariates of self-reported health, and the tendency of male adolescents of Cambodian and Vietnamese origin to report lower levels of self-reported health despite controls for other health-related individual characteristics. Social capital dimensions such as positive school affiliation, social network cohesion, and a safe learning environment were found to covary with the self-reported health of adolescent females. (Contains 1 figure and 6 tables.)
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Race, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Social Networks, Gender Differences, Social Capital, Immigrants, Health, Student Surveys, High School Seniors, Parent Child Relationship, Control Groups, School Safety, Vietnamese People, Asian Americans, Cambodians, Ethnicity, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Washington
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