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Title: Relationship Between Migration Behavior and Poverty Status of Hispanic Youth
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Wilson-Figueroa, Maria E. |
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Relationship Between Migration Behavior and Poverty Status of Hispanic Youth Ph.D. Dissertation, Utah State University, 1990 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Behavior; Hispanic Youth; Hispanics; Migration; Poverty The purpose of this research has been to study the migration behavior of poor and nonpoor Hispanic youth in the 1984-86 interval and to identify policy to alleviate the poverty situation of Hispanic youth in the United States. Two data sources were used to conduct the study: the NLSY and the County and City Data Book. These two sources allowed the study and integration of microlevel and macrolevel variables. In addition, the data allowed for the longitudinal measure of migration behavior. Research was carried out in two stages. The first stage was a descriptive of migration rates according to microlevel and macrolevel variables and according to types of migration. This stage also included the testing of hypotheses. The second stage was a multivariate analysis of microlevel and macrolevel predictors of migration of Hispanic youth for the 1984-86 interval. Due to the skewed nature of the data and the dichotomous dependent variable, logistic regression was used to analyze the data. Several models were used to measure the relationships between migration behavior and poverty status of Hispanic youth. Findings show that poor Hispanic youth tend to have lower migration rates than nonpoor Hispanic youth. Geographic areas defined as poor tend to have higher rates of migration than areas defined as nonpoor. Residence in counties with high concentrations of other Hispanics tends to act as an inhibitor of migration for the Hispanic youth in this study. [UMI ADG90-34099] |
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Wilson-Figueroa, Maria E. Relationship Between Migration Behavior and Poverty Status of Hispanic Youth. Ph.D. Dissertation, Utah State University, 1990. |