Children of Filipino Immigrants in Hawai'i

Adolescent Girls' Experiences at Home and at School

Bibliographic Data

ID5897587
AuthorsSu Yeong Kim (0000-0001-9222-2505, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Aprile D Benner (0000-0001-8062-4718, The University of Texas at Austin), Kathleen Ongbongan (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Josephine Acob, Khanh T Dinh (0000-0002-5079-4844, University of Massachusetts Lowell), Rena Mae Nalani Takushi, Donna Dennerlein (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
Year2008
Volume6
Issue4
Pages591-598
Publication date2008-12-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15362940802480670
PMID19738933
PMCIDPMC2737505
OpenAlexW2164467466
LanguageEN
References cited6

Approximately 12% of the United States population today is foreign-born (Schmidley, 2003). Children of immigrants face greater obstacles compared to children of U.S.-born parents. They are more likely to be poor, to live in crowded housing, to feel peer pressure to engage in risky behaviors, and to experience less of the parental support that might help them resist such pressures (Yu, Huang, Schwalberg, Overpeck, & Kogan, 2003). Despite these challenges, children from immigrant families, and girls in particular, are more family-oriented and exhibit higher academic achievement than do children of U.S.-born parents (Fuligni, 1998). The Filipino population in the U.S. has increased to over 2 million, with over 170,000 (not including those of mixed race) living in Hawai’i (Okamura & Agbayani, 1991). Filipinos are one of the most economically disadvantaged groups in Hawai’i, representing the highest percentage of workers employed in the lowest status occupations in Hawai’i (Abgayani-Siewert & Jones, 1997; Okamura & Agbayani, 1991). However, the popular view of Filipino and other Asian Americans as model minorities may result in the assumption that this group is problem-free and not likely to be in need of services. Like other recent scholarship on Filipino youth in Hawai’i (Cunanan, Guerrero, & Minamoto, 2007), the current paper questions such an assumption by highlighting the challenges facing girls of Filipino immigrants in Hawai’i

Disadvantaged · Immigration · Peer pressure · Political science · Population · Scholarship · Sociology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Development and Digital Technology · Demography · Gender Studies · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology

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