title: The schooling and health of children of U.S. immigrants and natives.
abstract: "This paper compares the school achievement and health status of children of immigrants to the United States with those of children of native-born Americans.  Since schooling and health of children influence their productivity and earnings as adults, these comparisons should help to assess whether any relative economic disadvantage that immigrants may sustain upon entry to the United States is transmitted to their children."  Problems involved in measuring the education and health of children are discussed.  A model of migrant behavior is then outlined and tested using data from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Schultz
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002669:Child Welfare; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004493:Education; D004522:Educational Status; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006262:Health; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Child Health; Comparative Studies; Cross-cultural Comparisons; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Education; Educational Status; Health; Health Status Indexes; International Migration; Measurement; Migrants; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Nonmigrants; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Studies; United States