Research Catalog

Title

Adaptation process of Cuban (Mariel) and Haitian refugees in South Florida, 1983-1987 [electronic resource].

Author

Portes, Alejandro, 1944-

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997.

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Additional Authors

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.
• Johns Hopkins University. Dept. of Sociology. Program in Comparative and International Development.
• National Science Foundation (U.S.)
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Summary

This survey was designed to examine economic, social, and psychological adaptation of Cuban and Haitian refugees to American society. Cuban (those arriving from the port of Mariel) or Haitian immigrants aged 18 to 60 who arrived in the United States in 1980 or after and settled in designated areas in South Florida were interviewed in 1983 and 1984, with a follow-up interview being conducted in 1986 and 1987. The first interview elicited background information on the two refugee samples and established baseline data on their situations and attitudes shortly after their arrival in the United States. The follow-up interview was designed to gauge changes in respondents' socioeconomic situations, social relations, ethnic identities, and attitudes. Major demographic variables include marital status, number of children, education, present and prior occupations, date and community of birth, prior residency in the United States, and religious practices. Respondents were also asked about their reasons for coming to the United States, plans to change residency, perceptions of discrimination in the United States, and aspirations concerning future occupations, salary, education, and opportunities to reach their goals. The follow-up interview expanded upon or recorded changes in these areas and also added items on perception of problems in the United States, ethnicity of social relationships and neighborhood, satisfaction with living in the United States, plans to return to their homeland, languages spoken, read, and listened to, whether residence was owned or rented, and whether the respondent had become a United States citizen.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 9750

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 9750.

Subject

• Cubans > United States > Social conditions.
• Haitians > United States > Social conditions.
• Cubans > United States > Economic conditions
• Haitians > United States > Economic conditions
• Immigrants > United States
• Acculturation
• Cultural identity
• Cultural perceptions
• Demographic characteristics
• Population migration
• Refugees
• Social adjustment
• Socioeconomic status

Genre/Form

• dataset.
• dataset – 1983-1987.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on June 18, 2008).

Access (note)

• Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

File Type (note)

• Extent of collection: 2 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Time period: 1983-1987.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: Florida, United States.

Cite As (note)

• Portes, Alejandro. ADAPTATION PROCESS OF CUBAN (MARIEL) AND HAITIAN REFUGEES IN SOUTH FLORIDA, 1983-1987 [Computer file]. ICPSR09750-v1. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Sociology, Program in Comparative and International Development [producer], 1992. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1997.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: National Science Foundation and Sloan Foundation.
• Grant number: SES-8215567.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

OCLC

• on1340464574
• SCSB-1329072

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library