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Tucker, Christine M.; Torres-Pereda, Pilar; Minnis, Alexandra M.; Bautista-Arredondo, Sergio A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2013
We explored migration decisions using in-depth, semistructured interviews with male and female youth ages 14 to 24 (n = 47) from two Mexican communities, one with high and one with low U.S. migration density. Half were return migrants and half were nonmigrants with relatives in the United States. Migrant and nonmigrant youth expressed different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mexicans, Migration Patterns, Semi Structured Interviews
Rendall, Michael S.; Torr, Berna M. – RAND Corporation, 2007
Second-generation immigrants are typically analyzed under the assumption that, having been born in the United States, they grew up in the United States. We challenge this assumption by investigating the prevalence and patterns of second-generation Mexican-American children's migration to and return from Mexico during childhood, and consider the…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Children, Foreign Countries, Immigrants