Labor force participation among Asian immigrant women: Findings from the 2007 American Community Survey |
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| Authors: | Sungkyu Lee Huiquan Zhou Youngmi Kim |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Social Work, The University of Tennessee‐Knoxville, , Knoxville, TN, USA;2. Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong, , Hong Kong;3. School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University, , Richmond, VA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Using a nationally representative sample of Asian immigrant women in the USA (N = 33,032), we examined ethnic variations in labor force participation and different predictors of labor force participation among six Asian ethnic subgroups, including Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese. Our findings indicated that having a higher level of education, fewer children under age 5, US citizenship, a longer length of residence in the USA, and a better English proficiency were significantly related to higher rates of labor force participation among certain ethnic subgroups. The different predictors of labor force participation by ethnic subgroups were further analyzed in cultural contexts. |
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| Keywords: | migration labor force participation Asian immigrants immigrant women gender roles cultural context |
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