Transnational, Social, and Neighborhood Ties and Smoking Among Latino Immigrants: Does Gender Matter?
Author(s) -
Carmela Alcántara,
Kristine M. Molina,
Ichiro Kawachi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.301964
Subject(s) - interpersonal ties , immigration , friendship , vietnamese , odds , social support , demography , association (psychology) , logistic regression , ordered logit , psychology , gerontology , medicine , social psychology , political science , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , law , psychotherapist , machine learning , computer science
We examined whether transnational ties, social ties, and neighborhood ties were independently associated with current smoking status among Latino immigrants. We also tested interactions to determine whether these associations were moderated by gender.
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