South–south migration in Chile: Well-being and intergroup relations between Latin American immigrants and host society members.

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-50
Author(s):  
María José Mera-Lemp ◽  
Gonzalo Martínez-Zelaya ◽  
Marian Bilbao ◽  
Aracely Orellana
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Intergroup Relations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Latin American Immigrants

Social Integration of Latin-American Immigrants in Spain: the Influence of the Community Context

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1201-1209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asur Fuente ◽  
Juan Herrero
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Community Context ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Latin American Immigrants ◽  
Informal Community

The main goal of this study is to analyze the degree to which several community elements such as insecurity, discrimination and informal community support might have an influence on the social integration of Latin-American immigrants, a group at risk of social exclusion in Spain. Multivariate linear regression analyses results showed that informal community support is positively related to social integration whereas insecurity is negatively related. The statistical relationship between discrimination and social integration disappears once levels of informal community support are taken into account. A better understanding of the factors that either promote or inhibit the social integration progress of immigrant population is important to orientate public policies and intervention programs that contribute to the adaptation of this population to the host society.

scholarly journals Migración y calidad de vida: el caso de los migrantes latinoamericanos resididos en el este de Los Ángeles, California / Migration and Quality of Life: A Case Study of Latin American Immigrants on the East Side of Los Angeles, California

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-143
Author(s):  
Víctor Hugo Rentería Pedraza ◽  
Andrea Lyn Spears Kirkland
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Latin American ◽  
National Income ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
East Side ◽  
Calidad De Vida ◽  
Latin American Immigrants

ABSTRACTIn this article, we present the results of a comprehensive evaluation of the quality of life of Latin American immigrants, who reside on the east side of Los Angeles, California. In order to evaluate their quality of life, we designed an instrument based on objective, social, and subjective well-being indicators. One hundred and thirty-eight immigrants participated in the study, which obtained the following results. In the regards to the immigrants’ objective well-being, the study found that the population group enjoys an acceptable quality of life standard given that they enjoy access to basic services and household goods, and do not live in overcrowded conditions. However, the study does confirm the fact that the group in question earns much less than the average U.S. national income. With respects to their social well-being, the participants reported an acceptable degree of personal social development, family coexistence, the exercise of cultural, religious and personal beliefs and practices, and access to information, as well as free time and opportunities for recreation. Finally, the study finds that Latin American immigrants, who reside in East Los Angeles, are highly satisfied with their lives and enjoy a high degree of subjective well-being. Moreover, the migratory experience has not affected negatively their perceived quality of life.RESUMENEn este trabajo presentamos los resultados de una valoración integral de la calidad de vida de migrantes lati-noamericanos que radican en la zona este de Los Ángeles, California. Desde un enfoque cuantitativo, diseñamos un instru-mento para medir el bienestar objetivo, social y subjetivo, el cual se aplicó a 138 personas del grupo de población señalado, obteniendo los siguientes resultados. Con respecto al bienestar objetivo, los datos obtenidos demuestran la existencia de una calidad de vida aceptable en lo que corresponde a la vivienda, ya que los migrantes cuentan con los servicios y enseres básicos del hogar y no existen niveles altos de hacinamiento. Sin embargo, en lo relativo al ingreso, el estudio confirma el hecho de que los migrantes devengan salarios inferiores a la media nacional en Estados Unidos. En lo que corresponde al bienestar social, existe una aceptable percepción sobre la capacidad para desarrollarse socialmente, la convivencia fami-liar, el ejercicio de la cultura, la práctica de la religión y las creencias personales, el acceso a la información y los medios para la recreación y ocio, por lo que se concluye que el bienestar social también cumple en la conformación de una vida de calidad. Por último, los resultados del estudio, relacionados al bienestar subjetivo, indican que los migrantes latinoamerica-nos se encuentran altamente satisfechos con su vida y que la migración no ha tenido una incidencia negativa sustancial en sus valoraciones integrales en torno a la calidad de vida.

scholarly journals On the Radar: System Embeddedness and Latin American Immigrants' Perceived Risk of Deportation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asad L. Asad
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Latin American Immigrants ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The U.S

Drawing on in-depth interviews with 50 Latin American immigrants in Dallas, Texas, this article uncovers systematic distinctions in how immigrants holding a range of legal statuses perceive the threat of deportation. Undocumented immigrants in this study recognize the precarity of their legal status, but they sometimes feel their existence off the radar of the U.S. immigration regime promotes their long-term presence in the country. Meanwhile, documented immigrants in this study describe the relative stability of their legal status, but they sometimes view their existence on the radar of the U.S. immigration regime as disadvantageous to their long-term presence in the country. To explain these perspectives, the article develops the concept of “system embeddedness” to denote individuals’ perceived legibility to institutions that maintain formal records. System embeddedness is one mechanism through which perceived visibility to the U.S. immigration regime entails risk, and perceived invisibility safety, for some immigrants. In this way, the punitive character of the U.S. immigration regime can overwhelm its integrative functions, chilling immigrants out of opportunities for material and social well-being through legalization and legal status in ways that likely have intergenerational consequences. More broadly, system embeddedness illuminates how perceived legibility to a record-keeping body combining punitive and integrative goals—even absent punitive experiences with other systems of social control—represents a mechanism of legal stratification for subordinated populations.

The impact of social context on the acculturative process: acculturative stress in Latin American immigrants

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 474-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.-W. Revollo ◽  
A. Qureshi ◽  
F. Collazos ◽  
M. Casas
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Acculturative Stress ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Socioeconomic Level ◽  
Ethnic Density ◽  
General Stress ◽  
Latin American Immigrants ◽  
The Impact

IntroductionThe relationship between immigration and mental health may in part be affected by factors related to social context in general and in relation to specific ethnic groups in specific social contexts. A growing body of research is exploring the impact of neighborhood context on the well-being of immigrants. The specifics, however, have yet to be identified.AimTo analyze the impact of social context on stress and acculturative stress in a hospitalised Latin American immigrant sample.MethodsThe study was part of a larger project concerning stress, coping, and psychosocial well being in Latin American immigrants hospitalised in both internal medicine and obstetrics in a large public hospital in Barcelona (Spain). 290 participants were evaluated with the PSS-10 for general stress, the BISS for acculturative stress and a sociodemographic questionnaire elaborated ad hoc for social context.ResultsNeighborhood socioeconomic level is related to general stress and acculturative stress. A lower socioeconomic level is associated with higher levels of stress and acculturative stress. High levels of ethnic density of Latin American immigrants is moderately associated with lower levels of homesickenss and intercultural contact stress, but are not related with perceived discrimination.ConclusionsSocial context is an important factor that should be considered in the acculturative process of Latin American immigrants and its impact on their mental health status. A low socioeconomic neighborhood level increases levels of stress and acculturative stress, increasing the risk of psychosocial distress.Own group ethnic density would appear to function as a protective factor.

Balancing Act: Identity and Otherness among Latin American Immigrants and their Food Practices

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-83
Author(s):  
Paulette Kershenovich Schuster
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Food Practices ◽  
Food Research ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Latin American Immigrants

This article deals with the identity construction of Latin American immigrants in Israel through their food practices. Food is a basic symbolic element connecting cultural perceptions and experiences. For immigrants, food is also an important element in the maintenance of personal ties with their home countries and a cohesive factor in the construction of a new identity in Israel, their adopted homeland. Food practices encode tacit information and non-verbal cues that are integral parts of an individual’s relationship with different social groups. In this case, I recruited participants from an online group formed within social media platforms of Latin American women living in Israel. The basic assumption of this study posits that certain communication systems are set in motion around food events in various social contexts pertaining to different national or local cuisines and culinary customs. Their meaning, significance and modifications and how they are framed. This article focuses on the adaptation and acculturation processes because it is at that point that immigrants are faced with an interesting duality of reconstructing their unique cultural perceptions to either fit the existing national collective ethos or create a new reality. In this study, the main objective is to compare two different immigrant groups: Jewish and non-Jewish women from Latin America who came to Israel during the last ten years. The comparative nature of the research revealed marked differences between ethnic, religious and cultural elements that reflect coping strategies manifested in the cultural production of food and its representation in two distinct domains: private and public. In the former, it is illustrated within the family and home and how they connect or clash with the latter in the form of consumption in public. Combining cultural studies and discourse analysis, this article offers fresh insight into new models of food practices and reproductions. The article’s contribution to new food research lies in its ability to shed light on how inter-generational and inter-religious discourses are melded while food practices and traditions are embedded in a new Israeli identity.

Consular Protection and Solidarity across Borders

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Délano Alonso
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Migrant Populations ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Large Populations ◽  
Mexican Government ◽  
Working Together

This chapter demonstrates how Latin American governments with large populations of migrants with precarious legal status in the United States are working together to promote policies focusing on their well-being and integration. It identifies the context in which these processes of policy diffusion and collaboration have taken place as well as their limitations. Notwithstanding the differences in capacities and motivations based on the domestic political and economic contexts, there is a convergence of practices and policies of diaspora engagement among Latin American countries driven by the common challenges faced by their migrant populations in the United States and by the Latino population more generally. These policies, framed as an issue of rights protection and the promotion of migrants’ well-being, are presented as a form of regional solidarity and unity, and are also mobilized by the Mexican government as a political instrument serving its foreign policy goals.

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