This paper provides a detailed description of the pattern of occupational adjustment of the Vietnamese refugees to the United States and compares their experiences with other recent refugee and immigrant groups. (Author)

The refugee experience--migrating against one's will--is a source of immense psychological stress. This paper therefore draws on empirical findings and theoretical discussions from the psychological, psychiatric, nursing, social work, sociological, and anthropological literature in order to identify the major stressors encountered in the…

This study relates the residential segregation or ghettoization of the Puerto Rican population in New York City to the employment opportunities, mobility and assimilation of the minority. Both ecological and individual level approaches are utilized to investigate three basic questions: (1) What are the mechanisms of the influence of ghetto…