Journal of Child and Family Studies
Volume 25, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2695-2709

The Home Environments of Adolescents Whose Parents Legally Immigrated to the United States: Findings from the New Immigrant Survey (Article)

Bradley R.H.* , Pennar A.L. , Glick J.
  • a T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, 951 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States
  • b T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, 951 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States
  • c T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, 951 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287, United States

Abstract

Adolescent well-being depends on the quality of their experiences at home. Data from the New Immigrant Survey were used to describe the home environments of 982 children ages 10–17 whose parents legally immigrated to the United States. Thirty-four indicators of home conditions were clustered into 5 domains: (1) discipline and socio-emotional support, (2) learning materials, (3) enriching experiences, (4) family activities, and (5) expectations. Results revealed variation in how frequently adolescents experienced each home environmental condition. As expected, there were differences in the likelihood an adolescent would have most—but not all—experiences connected with home life based on parents’ level of education. The home experiences documented for children of recent legal immigrants were similar to those documented for children of native-born families in other studies. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Parental expectations Immigration Socio-emotional support Learning materials Home environment indicators Family activities Discipline Parenting

Index Keywords

education human Learning major clinical study immigrant expectation child parent relation indigenous people family study home environment immigration Child United States Adolescent
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84975514999&doi=10.1007%2fs10826-016-0455-0&partnerID=40&md5=a35ce4db386a509fef38b74e7b954e50
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-016-0455-0
ISSN: 10621024
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English