Ethnicity and naturalization

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ID2145803
AuthorsPhilip Q Yang (0000-0002-9082-3128, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume17
Issue4
Pages593-618
Publication date1994-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.1994.9993842
OpenAlexW2054251937
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited29

This article examines whether or not ethnicity has an independent effect on the likelihood of immigrant naturalization using the Public Use Microdata Sample [PUMS] data from the 1980 US Census. Ethnic differences in the propensity to become naturalized US citizens were analysed among four panethnic groups and across thirty-three major ethnic groups. The results point to the continuing significance of ethnicity in the naturalization process. However, the effect of ethnicity is not as strong as the effects of other structural factors. Three hypotheses that attempt to explain ethnic differences in the propensity for naturalization were also tested. The evidence lends strong support to the forced self-protection hypothesis, but it provides no support for the discrimination hypothesis and the cultural differences hypothesis

Alien · Census · Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Immigration · Microdata (statistics · Naturalization · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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