Southeast Asian Refugee Self-Sufficiency Study, 1982 / Nathan Caplan, John K. Whitmore.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Caplan, Nathan, 1930-

Whitmore, John K.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 8454.

ICPSR ; 8454

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Indochina.

Refugees.

Economic conditions.

Indochina.

Refugees--United States.

United States.

Refugees--United States--Statistics.

Refugees--Indochina--Economic conditions--Statistics.

Genre:

Statistics.

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

Second ICPSR Edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This survey gauged the economic and social status of Southeast Asian refugees who arrived in the United States after September 1978, a group generally known as the ''Boat People.'' Special emphasis was placed on investigating how these refugees adapted to life in the United States and achieved economic self-sufficiency. The survey asked about educational and occupational backgrounds, household composition, family size, secondary migration after arrival in the United States, English proficiency, health problems, health care, insurance coverage, employment, earned income, rent payments, automobile ownership, and the use of government and private programs providing income assistance, vocational training, and other kinds of services. Respondents also were queried about financial setbacks incurred since arrival in the United States, financial support of persons living outside the household, membership in clubs and associations, problems faced in adjusting to life in the United States, degree of satisfaction with housing, neighborhood, services received, and life as a whole, and perceptions about prospects for the future.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08454

Contents:

Part 1: Personal Interviews; Part 2: Household; Part 3: Family; Part 4: Respondent; Part 5: Other Adult; Part 6: Children; Part 7: Dictionary Listings and Univariate Statistics for Household, Family, Respondent, Other Adult, and Children

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61160482

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.