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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1429–1451.
Published: 13 September 2016
...Erin R. Hamilton; Jo Mhairi Hale Abstract Historically, undocumented Mexican farm workers migrated circularly, leaving family behind in Mexico on short trips to the United States. Scholars have argued that border militarization has disrupted circular migration as the costs of crossing the border...
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View articletitled, Changes in the Transnational <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Structures of <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span> Farm Workers in the Era of Border Militarization
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1159–1173.
Published: 01 May 2014
... comparisons. In this article, we use data from two waves of the Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) to compare the health of current migrants from Mexico with those of earlier migrants and nonmigrants. Because the longitudinal data permit us to examine short-term changes in health status subsequent...
View articletitled, The Consequences of Migration to the United States for Short-Term Changes in the Health of <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span> Immigrants
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Demography (2015) 52 (4): 1345–1355.
Published: 25 June 2015
... their migration; and (2) reporting errors that result when migrants are not identified by survey respondents. Using data from the first two waves of the Mexican Family Life Survey, which tracked Mexican migrants to the United States from 2002 to 2005, we find that one-half of migrants from Mexico to the United...
View articletitled, Two Sources of Error in Data on Migration From Mexico to the United States in <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span> Household-Based Surveys
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for article titled, Two Sources of Error in Data on Migration From Mexico to the United States in <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span> Household-Based Surveys
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1853–1868.
Published: 18 September 2015
...Erika Arenas; Noreen Goldman; Anne R. Pebley; Graciela Teruel Abstract We use data from three rounds of the Mexican Family Life Survey to examine whether migrants in the United States returning to Mexico in the period 2005–2012 have worse health than those remaining in the United States. Despite...
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Demography (2019) 56 (5): 1573–1605.
Published: 03 September 2019
... the Mexican Family Life Survey, the analysis finds evidence supporting the hypothesis that conditional cash transfer participation disproportionately limits migration for beneficiary women. This study broadly argues that the impact of such antipoverty programs is more gendered than previously thought...
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View articletitled, Reexamining the Influence of Conditional Cash Transfers on Migration From a Gendered Lens
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for article titled, Reexamining the Influence of Conditional Cash Transfers on Migration From a Gendered Lens
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1573–1600.
Published: 23 June 2015
... in family decisions and arguing that, in many contexts, men and women have differing views on the value of migration. We assess these perspectives using longitudinal survey data from Mexico. We show that Mexican households are heterogeneous in terms of women’s decision-making authority and control over...
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View articletitled, Gender, Power, and Emigration From Mexico
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for article titled, Gender, Power, and Emigration From Mexico
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Demography (2013) 50 (4): 1303–1314.
Published: 26 January 2013
...Jenna Nobles Abstract Despite many changing demographic processes in Mexico—declining adult mortality, rising divorce, and rising nonmarital fertility—Mexican children’s family structure has been most affected by rising migration rates. Data from five national surveys spanning three decades...
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Demography (2022) 59 (2): 511–533.
Published: 01 April 2022
...Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes; Laura Juarez Abstract Between 2001 and 2018, more than 5.5 million Mexican migrants were removed from the United States or returned to Mexico with their families as immigration enforcement escalated. Learning how this transition affected their children—also referred...
View articletitled, Health Care and Education Access of Transnational Children in Mexico
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for article titled, Health Care and Education Access of Transnational Children in Mexico
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Published: 23 June 2015
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Demography (1988) 25 (4): 553–566.
Published: 01 November 1988
... and the female . In I. Tinker , & M. B. Bramsen (Eds.), Women and World Development (pp. 12 – 21 ). Washington, D.C. : Overseas Development Council . Bridges , J. C. ( 1980 ). The Mexican family . In M. S. Das , & C. J. Jesser (Eds.), The Family in Latin America...
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Published: 26 January 2013
Fig. 2 Percentage of childhood spent in selected living arrangements between birth and age 15 in Mexico. Estimates are calculated with increment-decrement life tables. Births stratified by region and mothers’ education exclude children living apart from mothers. Source : Mexican Family Life
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Demography (2007) 44 (2): 225–249.
Published: 01 May 2007
... with international immigration as an additional factor driving variation across groups. Using 2000 census data from Mexico and the United States, we compare the prevalence and age patterns of various types of extended family and non-kin living arrangements among Mexican-origin immigrants and nonimmigrants on both...
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Demography (2019) 56 (5): 1607–1634.
Published: 03 September 2019
... and foundational components of long-term educational inequalities, can offer a valuable window into how destinations may be shaping incorporation among Mexican-origin families. Integrating data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort with county-level data from the decennial census, multilevel...
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View articletitled, New Destinations and the Early Childhood Education of <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span>-Origin Children
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Demography (1972) 9 (1): 119–128.
Published: 01 February 1972
...Peter Uhlenberg Abstract Patterns of family size, family stability, and timing of family formation characteristic of Mexican-Americans are contrasted with those of Japanese-Americans, and consequences of their demographic differences for group achievement are explored. Mexican-Americans are found...
View articletitled, Demographic correlates of group achievement: contrasting patterns of <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span>-Americans and Japanese-Americans
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Demography (2005) 42 (4): 769–790.
Published: 01 November 2005
... brought substantial economic bene ts to the U.S. and Mexican economies and to millions of Mexican families, the overall costs are high and include rapid urbanization, social dislocation, political tension, and loss of life (Diaz-Briquets 1991; Garza 1999; Kearney 1986). In this study, we use data...
View articletitled, Do conditional cash transfers influence migration? A study using experimental data from the <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span> progresa program
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Demography (2011) 48 (1): 73–99.
Published: 23 February 2011
.../2096106 Blake J. ( 1989 ). Family size and achievement . Berkeley : University of California Press . Canales A. ( 2007 ). Remittances, development and poverty in Mexico: A critical view . In G. Zárate-Hoyos (Ed.), New perspectives on remittances from Mexicans and Central...
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View articletitled, The Effect of <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Member Migration on Education and Work Among Nonmigrant Youth in Mexico
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for article titled, The Effect of <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Member Migration on Education and Work Among Nonmigrant Youth in Mexico
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Demography (1973) 10 (1): 19–36.
Published: 01 February 1973
... of religiosity. Each model, tested separately for husbands and wives, examines the effects of religion on types of contraceptive methods used and on wanted family size. Although the majority of Mexican Americans are Catholics and tend to have large families, religion does not seem to have the same effect...
View articletitled, The effects of formal church affiliation and religiosity on the fertility patterns of <span class="search-highlight">Mexican</span>-American catholics
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Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1453–1461.
Published: 10 June 2019
... and projections. Furthermore, the migration of U.S.-born minors raises untold questions about the determinants of Mexico–U.S. migration, the structure of mixed-status and transnational families, the integration of U.S.-born migrants into Mexican schools and communities, and the future mobility—both social...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 849–863.
Published: 01 November 2007
...Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes; Kusum Mundra Abstract We examine the impact of different types of social networks on the wages earned by unauthorized and legal Mexican migrants during their last U.S. trip. Familial ties raise unauthorized and legal migrants’ hourly wages by an average of 2.6% and 8...
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Demography (1996) 33 (3): 357–374.
Published: 01 August 1996
...David P. Lindstrom Abstract I analyze the influence of the economic characteristics of origin area on trip duration for Mexican migrants in the United States. I argue that migrants from economically dynamic areas in Mexico with favorable opportunities for employment and small capital investment...
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