02883nam 2200577Ia 450 991046252300332120200520144314.01-59332-644-0(CKB)2670000000271306(EBL)1057792(OCoLC)818819047(SSID)ssj0000757572(PQKBManifestationID)12295256(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757572(PQKBWorkID)10758966(PQKB)10401454(MiAaPQ)EBC1057792(Au-PeEL)EBL1057792(CaPaEBR)ebr10622754(EXLCZ)99267000000027130620100412d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAssimilation of immigrants and their adult children[electronic resource] college education, cohabitation, and work /Ping ChenEl Paso [Tex.] LFB Scholarly Pub.20101 online resource (189 p.)The new Americans : recent immigration and American societyDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-391-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; Acknowledgement; 1 Introduction; 2 Assimilation of College Education: Intergenerational andInter-Class Mobility of the Second Immigrant Generation; 3 Cohabitation and Marriage among Immigrant Youth DuringTransition to Adulthood; 4 Divergent Paths of Economic Adaptation: Nativity andImmigrant Statuses, Labor Segment Membership andEconomic Well-Being; 5 Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; IndexChen studies recent immigrants and their adult children in three domains: college education, union formation, and work. In education, Chen finds that second-generation youth universally achieve higher in high school graduation than their immigrant parents. However, assimilation in terms of college education is lower among some ethnic groups due to social, cultural and structural factors. In family life, Chen finds that being raised in immigrant families protects youth from assimilating into the alternative life style of cohabitation and encourages marriage. In employment, nativity and immigranNew Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)AmericanizationAdult children of immigrantsUnited StatesUnited StatesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsElectronic books.Americanization.Adult children of immigrants305.9/06912Chen Ping1973-993575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462523003321Assimilation of immigrants and their adult children2275028UNINA