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Singley, Susan G.; Landale, Nancy S. – Social Forces, 1998
Life history data from both origin and destination areas were used to examine the relationship between migration and fertility among Puerto Rican women. Migration to the U.S. mainland had opposite effects on childbearing for single versus married or cohabiting women. For all migrants, migration played an integral part in the family formation…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Age Differences, Birth, Birth Rate
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Zhou, Min; Logan, John R. – Social Forces, 1991
The tendency for New York area Chinese to live outside Chinatown is related to socioeconomic status, educational attainment, marriage, and fertility. But unique characteristics of the enclave economy, immigrants' kinship ties to the ethnic community, and ethnic segmentation of housing markets also structure residential patterns. Contains 30…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Chinese Americans, Educational Attainment, Immigrants