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Title: Immigrant Assimilation in a Multicultural Urban Environment: Miami-Dade County, Florida
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2002
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Abstract: Using PUMS data for the censuses in 1970, 1980, and 1990 and the methodological techniques of double-cohort design linking age and duration within the United States most recently developed by Myers, et al. (1995), this paper examines the process of immigrant assimilation in Miami-Dade County, Florida with respect to language acquisition, citizenship status, and poverty status. The immigrant cohorts of particular interest within Miami-Dade County will be Cubans arriving in the 1960s compared to Cubans arriving in the 1970s, as well as Cubans arriving in the 1980s. These groups will be compared with each other, as well as compared with immigrant cohorts of non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black and non-Cuban Hispanic, where the sample size is large enough. Further, there will be comparisons with results found in Myers, et al., (1995) for ethnic Los Angeles, CA, where appropriate. Generally, it was found that immigrant cohorts in Miami-Dade County are assimilating into the mainstream of American society through the benchmarks of language acquisition, naturalization to U.S. citizenship and advancement out of poverty. However, there are some special cases of immigrant cohorts with respect to language acquisition.
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Authors: Condon, Katherine M.
Conference Name: Southern Demographic Association Conference
Publisher Location: Austin, TX
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity
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