Current Psychology
Volume 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-174

Proposition 187 Reexamined: Attitudes Toward Immigration among California Voters (Article)

Hovey J.D.* , Rojas R.S. , Kain C. , Magaña C.
  • a University of Michigan, United States, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, United States, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, United States, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, United States
  • b Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Department of Psychology, Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Department of Psychology, Pacific Oaks College, United States
  • c Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Department of Psychology, Pacific Oaks College, United States
  • d University of Toledo, United States, Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, United States

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to examine socio-demographic predictors of attitudes toward immigration in a community-based sample (N = 494) from the Los Angeles area; and ro explore the relationship between attitudes toward immigration and the providing of educational and health services to the children of undocumented immigrants. Not providing services to the children of undocumented immigrants was a key element of California's Proposition 187. Attitudes toward immigration were measured with the Attitudes Toward Immigration Scale (ATIS). The providing of services was measured through the participants' evaluations of a school scenario and a health care scenario. Results indicated that participants who were middle-aged or older, less educated, identified as Republican, and were third generation or greater were more likely to hold negative attitudes toward immigration. Furthermore, participants holding negative attitudes toward immigration were less likely to provide education and health care services to the children of undocumented immigrants.

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ISSN: 10461310
Cited by: 12
Original Language: English