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Subjective evaluation of health in old age
— the role of immigration status and social environment | | Author(s) | Sara Carmel |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 53, no 2, 2001 |
| Pages | pp 91-106 |
| Keywords | Immigrants ; Eastern Europe ; Retired persons ; Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Evaluation ; Comparison ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The effect of immigration and the related different social environment on the health and well-being of older Jewish new immigrants from Eastern Europe is evaluated, by comparing them with veterans who immigrated to Israel from the same countries of origin decades before. The study also examined expected differences between the two groups on factors explaining their self-rated health. While new immigrants are younger and have higher education than the veterans, their economic status is lower, and they rank themselves lower on on a variety of measures of health and well-being. It is suggested that the stress caused by immigration and factors related to the standard of living and health services in countries of origin outweigh the relative advantage that new immigrants have, in terms of age and education, in influencing their health and well-being. Veterans with longer residence in Israel also have the benefit of attributes such as self-esteem and more established social support. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020118201 A |
| Classmark | TJ: 7A: BB6: CC: D:F:5HH: 4C: 48: 7H6 |
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