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Title: "It Turned My World Upside Down": Latino Youths' Perspectives on Immigration

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Few studies have examined the migration and acculturation experiences of Latino youth in a newly emerging Latino community, communities that historically have had low numbers of Latino residents. This study uses in-depth interview data from the Latino Adolescent, Migration, Health, and Adaptation (LAMHA) project, a mixed-methods study, to document the experiences of Latino youth (aged 14-18) growing up in one emerging Latino community in the southeastern region of North Carolina. Using adolescents own words and descriptions, this study shows how migration can turn an adolescents world upside down, and it discovers the adaptive strategies that Latino immigrant youth use to turn their world right-side-up as they adapt to life in the United States.

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Authors: Ko, Linda K.; Perreira, Krista M.

Periodical (Full): Journal of Adolescent Research

Issue: 3

Volume: 25

Pages: 465-493

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration

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