Looking Down or Looking Up: Status and Subjective Well-Being among Asian and Latino Immigrants in the United States Looking Down or Looking Up: Status and Subjective Well-Being among Asian and Latino Immigrants in the United States.

• Autores: Julia Gelatt
• Localización: International migration review, ISSN 0197-9183, Vol. 47, Nº. 1, 2013, págs. 39-75
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Foundational theories of international migration rest on the assumption that immigrants maintain reference groups in their country of origin even after settling in a new place, while the transnationalism perspective suggests that immigrants maintain a dual frame of reference. This article uses the nationally representative National Latino and Asian American Survey to test the location of immigrants' reference groups. I find that the relationship between various measures of subjective social standing and subjective well-being suggests that immigrants maintain simultaneous reference groups in both the United States and the country of origin, supporting transnational theories, and refuting earlier theories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]