Reading performance and gender, ESCS and immigrant status parity indices (2018)

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reading Performance ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
And Gender

Age Trajectories of Physical Health Among Older Adults of Mexican Descent: Implications of Immigrant Status, Age at Immigration, and Gender

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria A. Monserud
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Chronic Conditions ◽  
Epidemiologic Study ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Descent Method ◽  
Mexican Descent ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Growth Curve Models ◽  
And Gender

Objective: This study examines consequences of immigrant status, age at immigration, and gender on age trajectories of activities of daily living (ADL) limitations and chronic conditions among older adults of Mexican descent. Method: This research draws on 7 waves of the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly and employs growth curve models. Results: All men had similar age trajectories of ADL limitations, regardless of immigrant status and age at immigration. All women experienced steeper increases in ADL limitations, although U.S.-born women and those who immigrated by age 19 had lower initial levels. Men who immigrated between ages 20 and 49 had steeper increases in chronic conditions, despite lower initial levels. U.S.-born women and those women who immigrated by age 50 had more chronic conditions at age 65. Discussion: This study highlights the multidimensional nature of physical health by demonstrating that immigrant status-gender disparities can vary by the health outcome examined.

scholarly journals Immigrant status, gender, and school burnout in Finnish lower secondary school students

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katariina Salmela-Aro ◽  
Sanna Read ◽  
Jaana Minkkinen ◽  
Jaana M. Kinnunen ◽  
Arja Rimpelä
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Lower Secondary School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Status Difference ◽  
School Burnout ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Adjusted Model

The aim of this longitudinal study among 9223 students from grade 7 and grade 9 (age 13–14 and 15–16) was to assess whether immigrant status and gender are associated with the level and change (slope) in school burnout among lower secondary school students in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Ninety-seven percent of the variation in school burnout was attributable to individual factors. Both the intercept (2.3, p < 0.001) and slope (0.5, p < 0.001) of school burnout were statistically significant. The slope showed increasing school burnout from grades 7–9. School burnout increased more in girls than in boys. Initially apparent higher school burnout among students who had immigrated to Finland within the last five years compared to Finnish native students was largely accounted for by sociodemographic and school-related factors. However, there was a persistent gender by immigrant status difference in the fully adjusted model: recently (< 5 years ago) immigrated boys experienced a larger increase in school burnout, especially due to increased cynicism, than recently immigrated girls.

scholarly journals Being a ‘good’ mother: Immigrant mothers of disabled children

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 1198-1212
Author(s):  
Kyung Mee Kim ◽  
Se Kwang Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Work Strategies ◽  
And Gender

In South Korea, disability and immigration are hidden and invisible phenomena. This article examines how immigrant mothers experience the intersection of immigrant status and mothering a disabled child. Through semi-structured interviews with 16 immigrant mothers, this study found that the values of Confucian familism regarding motherhood and gender roles influenced how these immigrant mothers behaved. The study also found that immigrant mothers faced multiple forms of stigma and discrimination as a result of negative socio-cultural views of disability and immigration. Therefore, the article suggests a need for inter-professional, anti-oppression work strategies to support immigrant mothers of disabled children, along with education for social workers about these issues.

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