How is inequality related to national origin or ethnicity? To what extent does national origin or ethnicity of Latino immigrants and their subsequent generations impact individual’s health and socioeconomic outcomes? This research will focus on administered survey and interview data collected on immigrants (documented and undocumented) from Latin American countries living in the United States examining their physical and mental health outcomes and SES outcomes. This research contributes to the field of sociology with further implications in the fields of health, public policy, and immigration.
Throughout U.S. history there has existed an anti-immigrant sentiment especially during hard economic times, immigrants have been accused of stealing jobs from American workers since the 1800s. In the 1920’s laws passed that limited the flow of immigrants. During the Great Depression hundreds of thousands of Mexicans were repatriated back to México (Acuña 2015). Similar to the anti-immigration sentiments of early U.S. history, there exists today a sentiment against providing aid to Latino …show more content…
Dr. Rubén Rumbaut and Dr. Alejandro Portes (2014) have completed research analyzing the immigration of different groups to the United States and their SES outcomes and spatial mobility. Overall, sociology has used quantitative approaches to discover associations between inequality and race/ethnicity of groups of people, although these are very useful, Latino immigrants and factors that influence them are still not fully understood; a mixed methods approach with a community-based intervention model would more efficiently address the needs and provide better analysis of Latino immigrant populations. This study seeks to consolidate quantitative and qualitative analysis to capture a more complete interpretation of refugees’
Throughout U.S. history there has existed an anti-immigrant sentiment especially during hard economic times, immigrants have been accused of stealing jobs from American workers since the 1800s. In the 1920’s laws passed that limited the flow of immigrants. During the Great Depression hundreds of thousands of Mexicans were repatriated back to México (Acuña 2015). Similar to the anti-immigration sentiments of early U.S. history, there exists today a sentiment against providing aid to Latino …show more content…
Dr. Rubén Rumbaut and Dr. Alejandro Portes (2014) have completed research analyzing the immigration of different groups to the United States and their SES outcomes and spatial mobility. Overall, sociology has used quantitative approaches to discover associations between inequality and race/ethnicity of groups of people, although these are very useful, Latino immigrants and factors that influence them are still not fully understood; a mixed methods approach with a community-based intervention model would more efficiently address the needs and provide better analysis of Latino immigrant populations. This study seeks to consolidate quantitative and qualitative analysis to capture a more complete interpretation of refugees’