Pregnancy-Related Experiences of Bangladeshi Immigrant Women in the U.S.

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamrun N. Mustafa ◽  
Mark J. Kittleson
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Women ◽  
The U.S

Welfare State Replacements: Deinstitutionalization, Privatization and the Outsourcing to Immigrant Women Enterprise

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Nazareno
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
Direct Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Severely Mentally Ill ◽  
The U.S

The U.S. government has a long tradition of providing direct care services to many of its most vulnerable citizens through market-based solutions and subsidized private entities. The privatized welfare state has led to the continued displacement of some of our most disenfranchised groups in need of long-term care. Situated after the U.S. deinstitutionalization era, this is the first study to examine how immigrant Filipino women emerged as owners of de facto mental health care facilities that cater to the displaced, impoverished, severely mentally ill population. These immigrant women–owned businesses serve as welfare state replacements, overseeing the health and illness of these individuals by providing housing, custodial care, and medical services after the massive closure of state mental hospitals that occurred between 1955 and 1980. This study explains the onset of these businesses and the challenges that one immigrant group faces as owners, the meanings of care associated with their de facto mental health care enterprises, and the conditions under which they have operated for more than 40 years.

scholarly journals Predictors of never having a mammogram among Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean immigrant women in the U.S.

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. e0224505
Author(s):  
En-Jung Shon ◽  
Aloen Louise Townsend
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Korean Immigrant ◽  
Korean Immigrant Women ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals The Decision to Work by Married Immigrant Women

ILR Review ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Orcutt Duleep ◽  
Seth Sanders
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Asian Women ◽  
Family Investment ◽  
Immigrant Men ◽  
The U.S ◽  
American Labor

Using 1980 Census data, the authors analyze the labor force participation of married immigrant Asian women by country of origin, compared with that of married immigrant women from Europe and Canada. The results suggest the existence of a family investment strategy: evidence from both across groups and within groups indicates that a woman's decision to work is affected by whether she has a husband who invests in skills specific to the U.S. labor market, and also by the extent of that investment. Such a family response may help offset the low earnings of immigrant men who initially lack skills for which there is a demand in the American labor market.

The Double Disadvantage Reconsidered: Gender, Immigration, Marital Status, and Global Labor Force Participation in the 21st Century

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 335-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine M. Donato ◽  
Bhumika Piya ◽  
Anna Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Immigrant Labor ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
The U.S

Although women's representation among international migrants in many countries has risen over the last 100 years, we know far less about gender gaps in the labor force participation of immigrants across a wide span of host societies. Prior studies have established that immigrant women are doubly disadvantaged in terms of labor market outcomes in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. These studies suggest an intriguing question: Are there gender gaps in immigrant labor force participation across destinations countries? In this paper, we investigate the extent to which the double disadvantage exists for immigrant women in a variety of host countries. We also examine how marriage moderates this double disadvantage. For the U.S., although we find that immigrant women have had the lowest labor force participation rates compared to natives and immigrant men since 1960, marital status is an important stratifying attribute that helps explain nativity differences. Extending the analysis to eight other countries reveals strong gender differences in labor force participation and shows how marriage differentiates immigrant women's labor force entry more so than men's.

Academic careers of immigrant women professors in the U.S.

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 697-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penka Skachkova
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Women Professors ◽  
The U.S

Undocumented Mexican Women in the U.S. Justice System

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ochoa O’leary
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Undocumented Immigrant ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Immigration Laws ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
System P ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
The U.S

This chapter highlights the experiences of repatriated undocumented immigrant women in several arenas of the U.S. justice system. As efforts to identify and remove immigrants from the country intensify, undocumented immigrant women increasingly come into contact with law enforcement officials, prosecutors, detention facilities, lawyers, and judges, primarily through those enforcing U.S. immigration laws. This chapter gives voice to the concerns of immigrant women who have experienced the unjustifiably harsh practices of the U.S. justice system. At issue are the ways in which unsubstantiated assumptions and social constructs about immigrants work to influence the attitudes and practices of those responsible for upholding the rule of law. This chapter also discusses the possible long-term psychological impact of legal practices on immigrant women, and offers strategies that might improve the integration of psychological principles into justice interventions to reduce harm.

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