Chinese Assimilation in New York

Patterns of social mobility have been studied in the past via models attempting to account for minority-group residential behavior and individual behavior of group members. Zhou and Logan cite research into European ethnic minority assimilations but note that it may not necessarily apply to more recent immigrant groups. They also observe that one 1987 study (Massey and Denton), which linked suburbanization to assimilation for Asians and Hispanics, did not sufficiently account for

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re examined to calculate an index of (ethnic) dissimilarity of residence distribution between Chinese and other ethnic groups that had a representation of more than 50 households in any given census tract. Householders only, age 25 or older, were counted to avoid double counting of residents in the same household. A logistic regression analysis was used to identify the odds of Chinese householders living outside or inside New York City and living in the outer boroughs or Manhattan. The measure of these conditions constituted the two dependent variables of the study. Independent variables (predictor variables in this study because they were measured and not manipulated) characteristic of householders were socioeconomic status (years of education, household income, and occupation); sectoral (enclave) employment; acculturation (English ability, U.S. citizenship, and year of immigration); age; marital status; children under 17 in household. The big picture of the findings was that, for the Chinese of New York City, socioeconomic status, English proficiency, and residential proximity to non-Hispanic whites were the greatest predictors of decentralized residency. Employment in the enclave had no positive or negative effect amon
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