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Title: Greek Immigration to the United States, 2010-2015: A Descriptive Analysis
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2018
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mgs.2018.0027
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Abstract: Greek immigration to the United States has witnessed a resurgence following Greece's 2008 recession and the ensuing crisis. While immigration from Greece declined toward the end of the twentieth century, there has been a significant increase in the number of Greeks arriving in the United States during the second decade of the twenty-first century. Greek immigrants to the United States have increased by nearly 11% between 2010 and 2015. This article's main objective is to provide a descriptive analysis of Greek immigrants migrating to the United States after 2010. Using up-to-date individual level data from the American Community Survey (ACS), this study examines recently arrived Greek immigrants' residential, socioeconomic, and family/household status background characteristics compared to longer-term Greek immigrants. The results reveal that recently arrived Greek immigrants have reached higher levels of education and are more racially and ethnically diverse than their longer-term counterparts. Recent Greek immigrant arriv-als' residential settlement patterns are also shown to be more geographically dispersed compared to their longer-term coethnics.
Url: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/704798/pdf
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Authors: Argeros, Grigoris
Periodical (Full): Journal of Modern Greek Studies
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Pages: 349-372
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other
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