Legal Status and Educational Transitions for Mexican and Central American Immigrant Youth

Autor/inn/en	Greenman, Emily; Hall, Matthew
Titel	Legal Status and Educational Transitions for Mexican and Central American Immigrant Youth
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 91 (2013) 4, S.1475-1498 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
DOI	10.1093/sf/sot040
Schlagwörter	Enrollment; Immigrants; Educational Attainment; Probability; Mexican Americans; High School Graduates; Graduation; High Schools; Family Characteristics; Socioeconomic Status; Undocumented Immigrants; Surveys; Hispanic Americans; College Attendance; Individual Characteristics; Social Stratification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einschulung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Hispanoamerikaner; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Abschluss; Graduierung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Illegaler Aufenthalt; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Hispanic; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Soziale Zusammensetzung
Abstract	This study uses the Survey of Income and Program Participation to infer the legal status of Mexican and Central American immigrant youth and to investigate its relationship with educational attainment. We assess differences by legal status in high school graduation and college enrollment, decompose differences in college enrollment into the probability of high school graduation and the probability of high school graduates' enrollment in college and estimate the contributions of personal and family background characteristics to such differences. Results show that undocumented students are less likely than documented students to both graduate from high school and enroll in college, and differences in college enrollment cannot be explained by family background characteristics. We conclude that legal status is a critical axis of stratification for Latinos. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10