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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Looking Down or Looking Up: Status and Subjective Well-Being among Asian and Latino Immigrants in the United States
Contributor:
Gelatt, Julia
Published:
Wiley Subscription Services, 2013
Published in:
International Migration Review, 47 (2013) 1, Seite 39-75
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/imre.12013
ISSN:
1747-7379;
0197-9183
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
Foundational theories of international migration rest on the assumption that immigrants maintain reference groups in their country of origin even after settling in a new place, while the transnationalism perspective suggests that immigrants maintain a dual frame of reference. This article uses the nationally representative National Latino and Asian American Survey to test the location of immigrants' reference groups. I find that the relationship between various measures of subjective social standing and subjective well-being suggests that immigrants maintain simultaneous reference groups in both the United States and the country of origin, supporting transnational theories, and refuting earlier theories.