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Demography (2001) 38 (3): 317–336.
Published: 01 August 2001
..., especially from Asia, are as likely as their native-born peers to be enrolled in high school, or more so. The “at-risk” immigrant youths with above-average levels of nonenrollment that are not reduced with longer exposure to American society are primarily of Hispanic Caribbean origins (from Puerto Rico...
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Demography (2003) 40 (4): 759–783.
Published: 01 November 2003
... Population Association of America 2003 2003 Social Capital American Sociological Review Recent Immigrant Immigrant Child Immigrant Youth References Alba R. , & Nee V. ( 1997 ). Rethinking Assimilation for a New Era of Immigration . International Migration Review , 31...
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Demography (2006) 43 (3): 511–536.
Published: 01 August 2006
... at risk of dropping out. However, cultural capital and immigrant optimism buffer first-generation Hispanic youth and the children of Asian immigrants from the risk of dropping out of high school. While human and social capital resources improve with immigrant generation, cultural capital diminishes...
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Demography (2019) 56 (3): 1075–1103.
Published: 18 March 2019
... generation status in a large, diverse sample of 7th through 12th graders from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( n = 67,586). Next, I test whether having a higher proportion of same-generation friends can protect immigrant youth from experiencing negative health outcomes...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1477–1498.
Published: 16 August 2016
...Robert Bozick; Alessandro Malchiodi; Trey Miller Abstract Using a nationally representative sample of 1,189 immigrant youth in American high schools, we examine whether the quality of education in their country of origin is related to post-migration math achievement in the 9th grade. To measure...
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Demography (2002) 39 (4): 639–654.
Published: 01 November 2002
...Jennifer Van Hook; Kelly Stamper Balistreri Abstract This article brings attention to a structural dimension of the schooling context that may affect the incorporation of immigrant youths. Using administrative data about students in California public schools, we found that Spanish-speaking, limited...
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Demography (2015) 52 (2): 569–592.
Published: 05 February 2015
...Dylan Conger Abstract The academic performance of foreign-born youth in the United States is well studied, yet little is known about whether and how foreign-born students influence their classmates. In this article, I develop a set of expectations regarding the potential consequences of immigrant...
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Demography (2012) 49 (2): 477–498.
Published: 10 February 2012
...-migrant and immigrant households are less likely to have characteristics that adversely affect schooling than nonmigrant households. Unsurprisingly, the children of nonmigrants have the worst outcomes among black youths. 18 1 2012 10 2 2012 © Population Association of America 2012 2012...
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Demography (2018) 55 (4): 1487–1506.
Published: 25 June 2018
...Amy Hsin; Francesc Ortega Abstract Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is the first large-scale immigration policy to affect undocumented immigrants in the United States in decades and offers eligible undocumented youth temporary relief from deportation as well as renewable work permits...
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Demography (2016) 53 (6): 2031–2043.
Published: 21 November 2016
..., considering an outcome with competing evidence about immigrants’ vulnerability versus risk: childhood obesity. More specifically, we investigate obesity among three generations of Mexican-origin youth relative to one another and to U.S.-born whites. We posit that risk is dependent on the intersection...
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Demography (2011) 48 (1): 73–99.
Published: 23 February 2011
...Andrew Halpern-Manners Abstract While academic and policy circles have given much attention to the assimilatory experiences of Mexican immigrants in the United States, less is known about those who stay behind—an especially unfortunate oversight given the increasing number of Mexican youth...
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Demography (2009) 46 (3): 513–534.
Published: 01 August 2009
... ). Risk of High School Dropout Among Immigrant and Native Hispanic Youth . International Migration Review , 334 , 857 – 75 . 10.2307/2547355 Entwisle D.R. , & Alexander K.L. ( 1995 ). A Parent’s Economic Shadow: Family Structure Versus Family Resources as Influences on Early...
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Demography (2000) 37 (3): 339–350.
Published: 01 August 2000
...Patricia B. Reagan; Randall J. Olsen Abstract In this paper we analyze the economic and demographic factors that influence return migration, focusing on generation 1.5 immigrants. Using longitudinal data from the 1979 youth cohort of the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLSY79), we track residential...
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Demography (2017) 54 (6): 2223–2247.
Published: 03 November 2017
... of immigration enforcement. Bloemraad and Trost ( 2008 ) also found that a significant amount of youth participated in the surge in immigrant rights protests that occurred during the spring of 2006: these U.S.-born youth had more direct access to mainstream media and institutions and political information than...
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Demography (2017) 54 (1): 201–229.
Published: 04 January 2017
..., and that approximately two-thirds of these immigrant youth are older than age 10 (United Nations 2012 ). Moreover, adolescents and young adults constitute more than one-third of the current flow of international migrants (McKenzie 2008 ). Thus, persons who immigrated during early stages of their lives constitute...
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Demography (2021) 58 (1): 219–245.
Published: 01 February 2021
... . Crosnoe R. , & Turley R. N. L. ( 2011 ). K–12 educational outcomes of immigrant youth . Future of Children , 21 ( 1 ), 129 – 152 . Dreby J. ( 2010 ). Divided by borders: Mexican migrants and their children . Berkeley : University of California Press . Duleep H. O...
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Demography (2015) 52 (2): 543–567.
Published: 24 March 2015
... and their children’s educational attainment . European Sociological Review . Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcu071 Kao , G. , & Tienda , M. ( 1995 ). Optimism and achievement: The educational performance of immigrant youth . Social Science Quarterly , 76 , 1 – 19 . Kasinitz...
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Demography (2004) 41 (4): 649–670.
Published: 01 November 2004
... of Marriage and the Family , 59 , 177 – 91 . 10.2307/353671 Glick J.E. , & White M.J. ( 2003 ). The Academic Trajectories of Immigrant Youths . Demography , 40 , 759 – 84 . 10.1353/dem.2003.0034 D.J. Hernandez , & E. Charney ( 1998 ). From Generation...
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Demography (2024) 61 (2): 463–491.
Published: 01 April 2024
.... The overall response rate among students was approximately 85%. The CILS4EU survey was designed to study immigrant-origin youth in four European countries (Germany, the Netherlands, England, and Sweden). Its oversampling of schools with many immigrant-origin students ensures sufficient variation across...
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Demography (2023) 60 (5): 1415–1440.
Published: 01 October 2023
... of the risks of downward assimilation for second-generation minority youths ( Portes and Rumbaut 2001 ; Portes and Zhou 1993 ). The unsuccessful incorporation of their immigrant parents and children's own rapid acculturation and exposure to adversarial attitudes toward school are considered key risk factors...
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