International Migration Review
Volume 22, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 208-225

Migrant careers and well-being of women (Article)

Freidenberg J. , Imperiale G. , Skovron M.L.
  • a Mount Sinai Sch of Med, City Univ of New York, 835 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA, United States
  • b Mount Sinai Sch of Med, City Univ of New York, 835 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA, United States
  • c Mount Sinai Sch of Med, City Univ of New York, 835 East 80th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA, United States

Abstract

This article deals with the psychosocial adjustment of Latin American female migrants in the United States. The analysis focuses on how changes in employment, marital status, family structure and life-style affect subjective assessments of well-being. -from Authors

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Index Keywords

family structure lifestyle South and Central America Psychosocial Factors Life Style Latin America Americas population demography developing country Population Dynamics Developing Countries Family And Household female migrants Latin Americans Developed Countries Marital Status psychosocial adjustment life-style USA family size Family Characteristics marriage United States North America psychology Socioeconomic Factors Psychological Factors Behavior Migrants--women socioeconomics Western Hemisphere Article social adaptation employment status migration international migration developed country Demographic Factors Emigration and Immigration Transients and Migrants Northern America employment Social Adjustment nuptiality social behavior
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DOI: 10.2307/2546647
ISSN: 01979183
Cited by: 13
Original Language: English