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CHINESE IMMIGRANTS' FERTILITY IN THE UNITED STATES: AN EXAMINATION OF ASSIMILATION VARIABLES

YANG, JUHUA
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin998064273

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2002, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Sociology.
This research examines the effect of assimilation on fertility of Chinese immigrants to the United States, and examines if immigrants are more assimilated to the majority culture or to the Chinese subculture in the U.S., using the 1990 U. S. Census of Population 5 percent and one-in-10,000 Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS). Results show that the fertility patterns of immigrants, U.S. born Chinese and whites significantly differ from each other, and that immigrants have the fewest children, followed by U.S. born Chinese. The lower fertility of Chinese immigrants can be accounted for by their lack of assimilation. Almost all the indicators of assimilation examined here are found to have a significant impact on immigrants' fertility. These findings provide a picture of the reproductive behavior of immigrants that is partially the consequence of assimilation processes. Result suggests that immigrants are more integrated into the Chinese subculture in the U.S. than into the mainstream of the majority whites; with conventional determinants of fertility controlled, the fertility of immigrants is closer to that of U.S. born Chinese than that of whites.
Annulla Linders (Advisor)
62 p.
Sociology, Demography
Chinese immigrants; Assimilation and Fertility; Immigration and Fertility; Disruption model; minority group status hypothesis

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  • YANG, J. (2002). CHINESE IMMIGRANTS' FERTILITY IN THE UNITED STATES: AN EXAMINATION OF ASSIMILATION VARIABLES [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin998064273

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • YANG, JUHUA. CHINESE IMMIGRANTS' FERTILITY IN THE UNITED STATES: AN EXAMINATION OF ASSIMILATION VARIABLES. 2002. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin998064273.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • YANG, JUHUA. "CHINESE IMMIGRANTS' FERTILITY IN THE UNITED STATES: AN EXAMINATION OF ASSIMILATION VARIABLES." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin998064273

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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