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Simulating the Effects of Acculturation and Return Migration on the Maternal and Infant Health of Mexican Immigrants in the United States: A Research Note
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Demography (2011) 48 (2): 425–436.
Published: 30 April 2011
... the underlying assumptions of two competing hypotheses that explain this paradox. The first hypothesis attributes this deterioration to possible negative effects of acculturation and behavioral adjustments made by immigrants while living in the United States, and the second hypothesis attributes...
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Published: 30 April 2011
Fig. 1 Simulation of the positive and negative acculturation hypotheses
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Simulation of individual and combined hypotheses of negative acculturation ...
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Fig. 3 Simulation of individual and combined hypotheses of negative acculturation and poor health–selective return migration
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Immigration and living arrangements: Moving beyond economic need versus acculturation
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Demography (2007) 44 (2): 225–249.
Published: 01 May 2007
... BEYOND ECONOMIC NEED VERSUS ACCULTURATION* JENNIFER VAN HOOK AND JENNIFER E. GLICK Prior research seeking to explain variation in extended family coresidence focused heavily on the potentially competing roles of cultural preferences and socioeconomic and demographic structural constraints. We focus...
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Migration Selection, Protection, and Acculturation in Health: A Binational Perspective on Older Adults
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 1039–1064.
Published: 29 November 2012
...-Lanza , A. F. , Armbrister , A. N. , Flórez , K. R. , & Aguirre , A. N. ( 2006 ). Toward a theory-driven model of acculturation in public health research . American Journal of Public Health , 96 , 1342 – 1346 . 10.2105/AJPH.2005.064980 Abraído-Lanza , A. F. , Chao...
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Epidemiological Paradox or Immigrant Vulnerability? Obesity Among Young Children of Immigrants
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Demography (2015) 52 (4): 1295–1320.
Published: 26 June 2015
...Elizabeth H. Baker; Michael S. Rendall; Margaret M. Weden Abstract According to the “immigrant epidemiological paradox,” immigrants and their children enjoy health advantages over their U.S.-born peers—advantages that diminish with greater acculturation. We investigated child obesity...
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New Destinations and the Early Childhood Education of Mexican-Origin Children
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Demography (2019) 56 (5): 1607–1634.
Published: 03 September 2019
... and established destinations was widest among the least-acculturated families, as measured by parental nativity, duration of residence, citizenship status, and English proficiency. These findings highlight how both place and acculturation stratify outcomes within the large and growing Mexican-origin subset...
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Locational returns to human capital: Minority access to suburban community resources
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Demography (1993) 30 (2): 243–268.
Published: 01 May 1993
... average socioeconomic status, while Hispanics and blacks live in the less desirable suburbs. Models predicting suburban socioeconomic status for each racial/ethnic group show that whites and Hispanics receive consistent returns on income, acculturation, and family status. Asians’ locational patterns...
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Predicted probability of early childhood education enrollment across destin...
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Fig. 3 Predicted probability of early childhood education enrollment across destinations among Mexican-origin children by levels of family acculturation
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Assimilation and Health: Evidence From Linked Birth Records of Second- and Third-Generation Hispanics
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Demography (2016) 53 (6): 1979–2004.
Published: 21 November 2016
...Osea Giuntella Abstract This study explores the effects of assimilation on the health of Hispanics in the United States, using ethnic intermarriage as a metric of acculturation. I exploit a unique data set of linked confidential use birth records in California and Florida from 1970–2009...
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Does human capital raise earnings for immigrants in the low-skill labor market?
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Demography (2008) 45 (3): 619–639.
Published: 01 August 2008
... and generally receive similar returns to years of schooling completed. Immigrants also receive substantial returns to acculturation, measured as age at arrival and English language skill. These results cast doubt on the strong version of segmented labor market theory, in which low-skill immigrants...
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Residential Integration on the New Frontier: Immigrant Segregation in Established and New Destinations
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1873–1896.
Published: 29 November 2012
... and metropolitan-level characteristics, immigrants in new destinations are more segregated and immigrants in minor destinations considerably more segregated than their counterparts in established destinations. Neither controls for immigrant-group acculturation or socioeconomic status nor those for demographic...
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Making a place in the metropolis: Locational attainment in cities and suburbs
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Demography (1996) 33 (4): 443–453.
Published: 01 November 1996
...John R. Logan; Richard D. Alba; Tom McNulty; Brian Fisher Abstract What accounts for the differences in the kinds of communities within the metropolis in which members of different racial and ethnic groups live? Do socioeconomic advancement and acculturation provide greater integration with whites...
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Fertility of the jews
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 196–209.
Published: 01 March 1967
... of these and related findings by placing the analysis of Jewish fertility in the context of assimilation and acculturation. 8 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1967 1967 Resumen Los objetivos de este trabajo eran revisar y resumir la literatura existente sobre la fecundidad judía y discutir...
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The Consequences of Migration to the United States for Short-Term Changes in the Health of Mexican Immigrants
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1159–1173.
Published: 01 May 2014
... care, particularly for immigrants (Siddiqi et al. 2009 ). A second explanation is the detrimental effects of acculturation on health behaviors (i.e., poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle, and substance abuse) through exposure to U.S. society. In recent years, the acculturation literature has been...
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SES Gradients Among Mexicans in the United States and in Mexico: A New Twist to the Hispanic Paradox?
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1555–1581.
Published: 21 September 2016
... gradients in Mexico Social support/social networks Similar health to non-Hispanic whites for longer duration • Shallower gradients of Mexican migrants with longer duration of residence in the United States if high-SES Mexican migrants to the United States acculturate more rapidly and adopt high-risk...
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One Size May Not Fit All: How Obesity Among Mexican-Origin Youth Varies by Generation, Gender, and Age
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Demography (2016) 53 (6): 2031–2043.
Published: 21 November 2016
...-generation coethnic peers (Popkin and Udry 1998 ) because of differences in acculturation, diet, and physical (in)activity (Gordon-Larsen et al. 2003 ). Other studies of younger children of immigrants (not exclusively Hispanic) have found that they are vulnerable to obesity relative to children of natives...
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1655–1681.
Published: 01 October 2022
... in an immigrant's U.S. stay ( e.g., Riosmena et al. 2017 ). Immigrants with longer U.S. residence or greater acculturation to U.S. society have worse health and more illness risk factors than those with shorter residence or less acculturation (e.g., Hunt et al. 2004 ; Lara et al. 2005 ; Lopez-Gonzalez et al...
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View articletitled, Diminished Advantage or Persistent Protection? A New Approach to Assess Immigrants' Mortality Advantages Over Time
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Just Like in Their Home Country? A Multinational Perspective on Living Arrangements of Older Immigrants in the United States
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1973–1998.
Published: 15 August 2017
... in these three home countries would provide insights into shared and country-specific factors shaping the living arrangements of older immigrants in the United States. The degrees of acculturation, economic integration, and kin availability are among the most important factors determining how similar...
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Paradox Revisited: A Further Investigation of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Infant Mortality by Maternal Age
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 495–520.
Published: 10 October 2012
... 1995 ; Portes and Zhou 1993 ). There is increasing evidence that a process of negative U.S. acculturation may erode the generally positive health and mortality outcomes among Hispanics over time and across generations (Ceballos and Palloni 2010 ; Cho et al. 2004 ; Jasso et al. 2004 ). A number...
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