A Demographic Profile of Older Immigrants in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Wilmoth
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Demographic Profile ◽  
Older Immigrants

scholarly journals We Are Aging Too! Exploring the Social Impact of Late-Life Migration among Older Immigrants in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Arati Maleku ◽  
Megan España ◽  
Shannon Jarrott ◽  
Sharvari Karandikar ◽  
Rupal Parekh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Late Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
Older Immigrants ◽  
The Social

Expanding the Happiness Paradox: Ethnoracial Disparities in Life Satisfaction Among Older Immigrants in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-255
Author(s):  
Rocío Calvo ◽  
Dawn C. Carr ◽  
Christina Matz-Costa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
The United States ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Older Immigrants ◽  
Happiness Paradox ◽  
Retirement Study ◽  
Lower Life Satisfaction

Objective: This study investigated nativity disparities in life satisfaction among ethnoracial groups of older adults in the United States and the factors associated with such disparities. Method: Cross-sectional data from 7,348 respondents aged 60 and older from the 2012/2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) were used to estimate linear regression models. Results: Older immigrants experienced higher levels of life satisfaction than comparable native-born individuals. This “happiness advantage” was particularly salient for Hispanic immigrants, who reported the highest levels of life satisfaction of all groups included in the study. With increasing education, life satisfaction increased for White and “Other Race” groups, regardless of nativity. However, for both Black groups and native-born Hispanics, higher levels of education were associated with lower life satisfaction. Discussion: Findings suggest that the “happiness paradox” may not only be a matter of Hispanic ethnicity, but that it may also extend to immigrants from other ethnoracial backgrounds.

Doing Grandparenthood

2021 ◽  
pp. 106-131
Author(s):  
Ken Chih-Yan Sun
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Third Generation ◽  
Older Immigrants ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
The World ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Gender Specific

This chapter reveals older immigrants' strategies for grandparenthood that testify to the significance of temporalities of migration. It analyzes the interplay between the time aging immigrants spent in the United States and their observations of the changing global economy, which leads them to assign new meanings to intimate relations with their grandchildren. It also talks about how older immigrants developed new rights, responsibilities, obligations, and entitlements after welcoming grandchildren to the world. The chapter underscores gender as an organizing principle that informs the division of labor between grandfathers and grandmothers. It points out how older migrant women and men interpret their responsibilities, obligations, and commitments to a third generation in gender-specific ways, even if both value grandparenting.

Immigration Trends in the United States

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-38
Author(s):  
Eugenio M. Rothe ◽  
Andres J. Pumariega
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Family Factors ◽  
Time Of Arrival ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Demographic Profile ◽  
The Family

The chapter on immigration trends describes the current legal and illegal paths of immigration to the United States; a historical perspective of the reasons for migration; the past and current numbers of immigrants who have arrived in the United States and their demographic profile; which countries contribute immigrants and which states receive them; the changing race and ethnicity of the immigrants throughout the country’s history; the immigrants’ levels of education, skill sets, and financial attainment at the time of arrival and after the second generation. A demographic profile of the illegal immigrants, their vulnerability for exploitation, and their financial importance to the country’s economy is presented. The composition of immigrant families, some of the psychological effects of geographical separations and deportations on the family, factors that facilitate or impede assimilation and adaptation, the intergroup relations, values, and political orientation of the different immigrant groups, and the immigrants’ financial contributions to the United States are discussed.

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