Research Catalog

Title

Adaptation process of Cuban and Mexican immigrants in the United States, 1972-1979 [electronic resource].

Author

Portes, Alejandro, 1944-

Publication

Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ford Foundation.
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.
• Johns Hopkins University.
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)
• National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)
• National Science Foundation (U.S.)

Summary

For this data collection, Cuban and Mexican male immigrants were interviewed upon their entry into the United States in 1973-1974, with follow-up interviews in 1976 and 1979. The project sought to explore the causes and results of changes that occur following immigration by examining the complex interrelationships between the effects of what immigrants ''bring with them'' and the social and economic context that receives them. The first interview elicited demographic information such as marital status, number of children, education, parental information, present and prior occupations, date and community of birth, prior residency in the United States, present residency, relatives and friends in the United States, religious practices, and association membership. 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, salaries, education, and opportunities to reach their goals. Subsequent interviews expanded upon or recorded changes in these areas and also added wife's information and items on perceptions 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 respondent had become a United States citizen. The study also recorded Duncan Scores, Treiman Scores, and scores on the Kahl Modernity Index, Knowledge of English Index, and Knowledge of U.S. Index.

Series Statement

ICPSR ; 9672

Uniform Title

ICPSR (Series) ; 9672.

Subject

• Cubans > United States > Social conditions.
• Mexicans > United States > Social conditions
• Cubans > United States > Economic conditions
• Mexicans > United States > Economic conditions
• Immigrants > United States
• Adaptation
• Aspirations
• Behavior
• Birth
• Children
• Cuban Americans
• Demographic characteristics
• Discrimination
• Education
• Ethnicity
• Immigrants
• Marital status
• Memberships
• Mexican Americans
• Motivation
• Occupations
• Parents
• Religious beliefs
• Residents
• Salaries

Genre/Form

• dataset.
• dataset – 1972-1979.

Note

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on June 17, 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) + OSIRIS dictionary + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements.

Event (note)

• Time period: 1972-1979.

Coverage (note)

• Geographic coverage: United States.

Cite As (note)

• Portes, Alejandro. ADAPTATION PROCESS OF CUBAN AND MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1972-1979 [Computer file]. Baltimore, MD: Alejandro Portes, Johns Hopkins University [producer], 1985. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992.

Funding (note)

• Funding agency: National Science Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health, Ford Foundation, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
• Grant number: NSF-SOC-75-16151, SOC-77-22089, MH-27666/01-04, 815-0620, and R01-HD-14281.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

OCLC

• ocm61163405
• SCSB-1329103

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library