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Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance

	Children of Immigrants
Characteristic	Foreign-Born	Hispanic	Asian	White
Total (thousands)	430	1,734	239	837
Student Outcome
Child gets mostly A's^a	53%	41%	63%	51%
Child enjoys school^a	37	37	51	56
Child participates in extracurricular activities^b	56	49	78	79
Child experienced problems at school^b	24	30	17	22
Child ever repeated a grade^b	6	8	3	3

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Front Matter (R1-R12)

1 Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance (1-18)

2 Socioeconomic and Demographic Risk Factors and Resources Among Children in Immigrant and Native-Born Families: 1910, 1960, and 1990 (19-125)

3 Access to Health Insurace and Health Care for Children in Immigrant Families (126-186)

The Health and Nutritional Status of Immigrant Hispanic Children: Analyses of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (187-243)

5 Immigration and Infant Health: Birth Outcomes of Immigrant and Native-Born Women (244-285)

6 The Health Status and Risk Behaviors of Adolescents in Immigrant Families (286-347)

7 Educational Profile of 3- to 8-Year-Old Children and Immigrants (348-409)

8 Psychological Well-Being and Educational Achievement Among Immigrant Youth (410-477)

9 Passages to Adulthood: The Adaptation on Children of Immigrants in Southern California (478-545)

10 Receipt of Public Assistance by Mexican American and Cuban American Children in Native and Immigrant Families (546-583)

11 Receipt of Public Assistance by Immigrant Children and Their Families: Evidence from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (584-619)

12 Children in Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Farmworker Families: Findings from the National Agricultural Workers Survey (620-658)

Other Reports from the Board on Children, Youth, and Families (659-660)