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Title: The Political and Community Context of Immigrant Naturalization

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2007

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Abstract: Becoming a citizen is a component of a larger process of immigrant incorporation into U.S. society. It is most often treated as an individual-level choice, associated with such personal characteristics as the duration of residence in the U.S., age, education, and language acquisition. This study using microdata from Census 2000 in conjunction with other measures at the level of community areas, states, and nations, is designed to examine collective aspects of naturalization. It probes for characteristics of the community and policy context that influence individual outcomes. The results confirm previous research on the effects of individual-level characteristics on attaining citizenship. They offer strong evidence of collective effects, and they show that both the varied political histories of immigrant groups in their home country and the political environment that they encounter in the U.S. have significant impacts on their propensity of naturalization.

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Authors: Oh, Sookhee; Logan, John R.; Darrah, Jennifer

Conference Name: Population Association of America

Publisher Location: New York, NY

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

Countries: United States