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Marianne Hillemeier
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Marianne Hillemeier

Marianne M. Hillemeier is Professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography at the Pennsylvania State University, and Associate Director of the Penn State Population Research Institute. Her research focuses on socioeconomic, racial/ethnic, and rural/urban disparities in health and health-related services among women and children.

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July 2013
Is the United States Bad for Children’s Health? Risk and Resilience among Young Children of Immigrants
By  Jennifer Van Hook, Nancy Landale and Marianne Hillemeier

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Reports
July 2013

Is the United States Bad for Children’s Health? Risk and Resilience among Young Children of Immigrants

This report summarizes new data on the health of the children of immigrants, who represent nearly one-fourth of all children in the United States under the age of 18, finding that those with Mexican immigrant parents in particular tend to experience greater childhood health risks than most of their peers.