We distinguish between the first and second immigrant generation. The results show that the transition rates to a first birth of first-generation immigrants are elevated shortly after they move country. Elevated birth risks that occur shortly following the immigration are traced back to an ...
being the first generation of a family to be born in a particular country. being a naturalized citizen of a particular country; immigrant: the child of first-generation Americans. Discover More Example Sentences “It’s already a stressful process navigating how to get into college and how to ...
Having one parent born inSweden had no protective effect on the risk of being hospitalized forpsychotic disorders among second-generation immigrants (study 2). Thehighest risks of alcohol abuse and drug abuse were found among first- andsecond-gene ration Finns, after adjustment for socioeconomic ...
Growing up in New York,as the daughter of two first-generation immigrants from Guyaria,Andrea Dalzell was taught the values of hard work and determination.What her parents didn't realize at the time was how much Andrea would come to need these values—and that they would eventually become ...
We tested whether population-based cancer registry data were useful to describe cancer patterns of the first generation of Arabic immigrants, compared with non-immigrants as well as the first generation of other immigrants. Information on invasive cancer cases with only one primary and known age was...
thefirst—generationofTurkish immigrantsintheUS,culturalintegrationisanimportantcomponent.SomeresearchersincludingUunk(2003) arguedthatinordertoachieveanequalposition,themembersoftheethnicminoritiesshouldadjusttothe normsandvaluesofthereceivingcountry,whileotherssawthedistinctculturalhabits,normsandvaluesof ethnicgroups...
Chapter 2 Identities of the First and Second Generation: The Role of Ethnicity Having set the scene and introduced the main research questions in Chap. 1, the focus now moves on to identity, which is one of the main topics analysed in this book. Following the established literature, this...
Berry's (1997) framework for acculturation research was used to explore the relationship between identity and health among Irish immigrants in England. One hundred and twelve first generation Irish immigrants completed questionnaire measures of ethnic identity, opportunities for identity expression, generalis...
English is my first language, I have gone to school here since pre-school, andI have been immersed in Canadian culture for my entire life. However, I count myself even luckier to have been raised as a child of Tamil immigrants. The lessons this community has taught me go deeper than jus...
The goal of this multi-center international cross-sectional observational study was to better define vitamin D status in Somali immigrants living in the northern US. Well children aged 6 months to 7 years from Minnesota (US-born of Somali descent, n=55) and in Uganda (n=95) were enrolled....