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Study of Korean immigrant's process of socio-cultural adaptation and economic performance in Philadelphia area.
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- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Oh, HeaKyung.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Study and teaching.
- Social sciences.
- 0534.
- Penn dissertations--Social Work.
- Social Work--Penn dissertations.
- Local Subjects:
- Penn dissertations--Social Work.
- Social Work--Penn dissertations.
- 0534.
- Physical Description:
- 381 pages
- Contained In:
- Dissertation Abstracts International 50-04A.
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- Summary:
- This study has basically dealt with the relationship between immigrant's characteristics (pre and post migration characteristics and length of residence in the United States) and the processes of Socio-Cultural assimilation and Economic performance among the Korean immigrants.
- The data for this study were obtained from a sample of 293 Korean immigrants (162 males and 131 females) living in the Philadelphia area. Three sets of major hypotheses were tested by basic statistical techniques: such as contingency analysis, cross- tabulations, zero-order correlation, and step-wise multiple regression analysis.
- Korean immigrant's previous occupational status, previous and post English education and the length of residence in the United States of the Korean immigrants significantly influenced the overall quality of the socio-cultural assimilation process and economic performance. Among the intervening personal/demographic variables, religious affiliation, sex, marital status and educational background are shown to be significant factors which influence Korean immigrant's process of socio-cultural assimilation and economic performance.
- Based upon the findings, the conclusion of this study is that the most successfully adjusted Korean immigrants, in terms of social, cultural and economical adjustment are those who have more human capital, more support resources, and are more actively engaged in interaction with both the Korean community and American society and have longer residence in the United States.
- Notes:
- Thesis (D.S.W. in Social Work)--School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, 1989.
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-04, Section: A, page: 0917.
- Chairperson: Ram Cnaan.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175.
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