Family Relations
Volume 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-360

Beyond gateway cities: Economic restructuring and poverty among Mexican immigrant families and children (Article)

Crowley M.* , Lichter D.T. , Qian Z.
  • a Department of Sociology, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8107, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States
  • b Department of Policy Analysis and Management, United States, Bronfenbrenner Life Course Center, Cornell University, 102 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
  • c Department of Sociology, Faculty Associate at Initiative in Population Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States

Abstract

We used data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples to document poverty rates among native-born and foreign-born Mexicans living in the southwest and in new regions where many Mexican families have resettled. Our analysis focused on how changing patterns of employment have altered the risk of poverty among Mexican families and children. We demonstrate that the Mexican population dispersed widely throughout the United States during the 1990s and that Mexican workers, especially immigrants, residing outside the southwest had much lower rates of poverty. Yet, a rapid influx of Mexican immigrants is putting strain on communities struggling to meet their needs. We offer suggestions for family practitioners serving Mexican newcomers, whose circumstances differ greatly from those of local populations. Copyright 2006 by the National Council on Family Relations.

Author Keywords

Ethnicity/race issues Hispanic families Refugee/immigrant populations Rural family poverty

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33744990379&doi=10.1111%2fj.1741-3729.2006.00407.x&partnerID=40&md5=ccd75b349a7df5c6bc5f871bcc5df1bb
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00407.x
ISSN: 01976664
Cited by: 63
Original Language: English