Teenage Marriage, and the Socioeconomic Status of Hmong Women

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9954401
AutoresPa Der Vang (California State University, San Bernardino, autor de correspondencia), Matthew Bogenschutz (0000-0001-5824-0451, Community Living)
Año2011
Volumen52
Número3
Páginas144-159
Fecha de publicación2011-03-17
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00674.x
OpenAlexW1601752461
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas21

The Hmong, who began migration to the United States of America in the latter half of the 1970s, represent a largely unstudied segment of the Asian‐American population. Traditional practices such as teenage marriage were widely reported in the early years after migration began, but have been left relatively unexamined more recently. Explicit focus on Hmong women has been largely absent in recent research. This paper examines the relationships between marriage patterns, education and earnings among Hmong women in the United States. Using results from a survey of 186 Hmong women, the results of this study indicate high rates of teenage marriage, as well as associations between early marriage, marital abuse, and both low earnings and lower levels of educational attainment among women married as teenagers compared to Hmong women who waited until adult age to marry. There were signs of encouragement, including higher than anticipated rates of educational attainment among the sample overall. Marital stressors such as spousal abuse remain prevalent, especially among Hmong women who married in their teenage years. Implications of this research are discussed for both practitioners and for future directions in research within the Hmong‐American community

Earnings · Educational attainment · Marital status · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Psychology