Determinants of employment of recently arrived Mexican immigrant wives.

Publisher: Sage Publishing Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0253002 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0197-9183 (Print) Linking ISSN: 01979183 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int Migr Rev

Publication: 2017-: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publishing
Original Publication: New York : published by Wiley for the Center for Migration Studies.

Emigration and Immigration* ; Employment* ; Hispanic or Latino* ; Marriage* ; Women*; Americas ; Culture ; Demography ; Developed Countries ; Developing Countries ; Economics ; Ethnicity ; Health Workforce ; Latin America ; Marital Status ; Mexico ; North America ; Population ; Population Characteristics ; Population Dynamics ; Transients and Migrants ; United States

Indexing Agency: IND Local ID #: RH95220. Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 144318. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00288394.
Keywords: Americas; Cultural Background; Currently Married--women*; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment--determinants*; Employment--women*; Ethnic Groups; Hispanics--women*; Human Resources; Immigrants--women*; International Migration*; Labor Force--women*; Latin America; Macroeconomic Factors; Marital Status; Mexico; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Nuptiality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Report*; United States; Women*
Note: TJ: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW
Local Abstract: [PIP] The work force participation of married, Mexican-origin immigrant women who came to the US in the 1980s was investigated. Determinants of employment utilized in this study are the women's human capital stock, household resources, and labor market structural factors. Nine hypotheses were derived from the analytical model and were examined through logistic regression. Findings showed that all human capital resource and structural labor market factors were significantly related to employment. On the other hand, four of the five family household factors namely: the age and presence of children in the household, husband's income, husband's employment, and non-labor income were significantly related to employment. Furthermore, the positive factors indicating the likelihood of being employed in 1989 for Mexican immigrant wives are: 1) being 25-54 years of age; 2) higher educational levels; 3) speaking fluent English; 4) lower levels of husband's income and non-labor income; 5) employment of husband in 1989; 6) absence of children under age 6 at home; 7) lower non-Hispanic female unemployment rates; 8) higher work force proportion employed in immigrant female-dependent occupations; 9) lower proportions of the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) population being of Mexican origin; and 10) smaller MSA populations.

Date Created: 20020927 Date Completed: 20000104 Latest Revision: 20211203

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