Generation Differences in Korean Immigrants' Life Conditions in the United States

1993 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwang Chung Kim ◽  
Won Moo Hurh ◽  
Shin Kim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Elderly Parents ◽  
Life Conditions ◽  
Generation Differences ◽  
Adult Immigrants

Generation differences between Korean immigrant adult children and elderly parents are examined in terms of their life conditions in the United States. Data for this study were collected through interviewing 622 Korean adult immigrants in the Chicago area in 1986. The life conditions of adult children and elderly parents are inferred from the two groups of respondents: the young and the elderly. The life conditions of these two groups are found to be highly differentiated in terms of their current adult statuses and roles, family-kinship ties, and experiences of Americanization. Implications of the differentiated life conditions of adult children and elderly parents are discussed.

scholarly journals Newcomers in a Nontraditional Receiving Community: Korean Immigrant Adaptation Strategies in the American Deep South

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Lynn ◽  
Sun-A Lee
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Processing Plant ◽  
Deep South ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
New Information ◽  
Permanent Residency ◽  
One Year

This ethnographic case study considers the role of the church in the lives of Korean immigrants in a small town in the southeastern United States. Drawn to a poultry processing plant by the promise of permanent residency, hundreds of middle class Koreans have cycled through one-year commitments at Claxton Poultry since 2005. We analyze the benefits and pitfalls of adaptation strategies developed by the Korean immigrants and how their social networks both help and hinder their livelihood in a nontraditional receiving locale. Results indicate that while membership at a prominent religious congregation does offer Korean immigrants bonding networks amongst themselves, it does not equate to bridging networks with the native population. Considering the high percentage of recent Korean immigrants to the United States who attend church services, the findings of this study contribute new information to the literature on acculturation and adaptation processes.

The Structure and Social Functions of Korean Immigrant Churches in the United States

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 1370-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pyong Gap Min
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Cultural Tradition ◽  
Church Members ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Immigrant Churches ◽  
Ethnic Churches

A vast majority of Korean immigrants in the United States are affiliated with ethnic churches. Korean ethnic churches serve important social functions for Korean church members and the Korean community as a whole. This article has two major objectives. First, it provides descriptive information on the structure of Korean immigrant churches in the United States. More importantly, it systematically analyzes social functions of Korean immigrant churches. The article focuses on four major social functions: 1) providing fellowship for Korean immigrants; 2) maintaining the Korean cultural tradition; 3) providing social services for church members and the Korean community as a whole; and 4) providing social status and positions for Korean adult immigrants. Interviews with 131 Korean head pastors in New York City are the major data source for this study.

scholarly journals The ‘Psychic Space’ of Queensland in the Work of Janette Turner Hospital

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Lovell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Adult Children ◽  
The United States ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Family Ties

In January 1967 Janette Turner Hospital left Queensland for Boston. She was unpublished. 25 years of age, and very much the product of a loving but fundamentalist childhood that she understood as the ‘source of all comfort and security, but also the source of all harm’. She has called America. India. Canada and France ‘home’ and has also frequently taught in other European countries. Although she has two adult children who have made their lives in the United States and Canada, her parents and three younger brothers remain in Brisbane, so she returns regularly to sustain family ties.

Intimate Partner Violence among Korean Immigrant Women in the United States: Intersectionality of Gender Norms, Immigration, and Socioeconomic Status

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110179
Author(s):  
Sei-Young Lee ◽  
Ga-Young Choi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
United States ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Korean Immigrant Women

With the theory of feminist intersectionality, this study examined intimate partner violence (IPV) among Korean immigrant women focusing on gender norms, immigration, and socioeconomic status in the contexts of Korean culture. A total of 83 Korean immigrant women who were receiving a social service from non-profit agencies in ethnically diverse urban areas were recruited with a purposive sampling method. Hierarchical regressions were conducted to examine changes in variance explained by models. Having non-traditional gender norms, a college degree or higher education, immigrant life stresses, and living longer in the United States were positively associated with IPV while having higher income and being more fluent in English were negatively associated with IPV. Findings were discussed to understand Korean immigrant women’s internal conflict affected by their higher education and more egalitarian gender norms under the patriarchal cultural norms while experiencing immigrant life stresses and living in the United States. Implication for practice was also discussed.

Catheter Ablation in the Elderly in the United States: Use in the Medicare Population from 1991 to 1998

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER N. SMITH ◽  
HUMBERTO VIDAILLET ◽  
PARAM P. SHARMA ◽  
JOHN J. HAYES ◽  
JOHN R. SCHMELZER
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Catheter Ablation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medicare Population
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