For example, the life satisfaction of immigrants in France is 0.24 points of the 0 to 10 point scale lower than that of the French-born (Safi, 2010). Similarly, immigrants in the Netherlands report 0.21 points lower life satisfaction relative to those individuals born in the Netherlands. This...
Footnote 8 These results also indicate that the change in migration policy had a notable effect on the socio-demographic composition of new immigrants.Footnote 9 Table 1 Individual and school characteristics by immigrant’s definition Full size table Using the pooled data for a difference-in-...
“While there is no formal legal definition of an international migrant, most experts agree that an international migrant is someone who changes his or her country of usual residence, irrespective of the reason for migration or legal status
The Skill Composition of Immigrants and the Generosity of the Welfare State: Free vs. Policy-Controlled Migration Being net contributors to the welfare state, skilled migrants can help finance a more generous welfare-state system; thus, they are preferred by the policy maker over unskilled migrants...
SoC’s definition and influencing factors SoC is the subject of a significant amount of research. “An acknowledged interdependence with others, a willingness to maintain this interdependence by giving to or doing for others what one expects from them,” is how Sarason (1974) first conceptualized ...
Among the studies that described the immigrant population, a Norwegian register-based surveillance (Indseth,2021) reported a higher number of hospitalisations relative to notified cases of Covid-19 in immigrants compared to non-immigrants, with an increased rate of hospitalisation in many immigrant gr...
in language hierarchy. By transposing of the status and omnipresence of English on Welsh, the latter language is regarded as difficult and incomprehensible, and its learning impractical. Such points of view could, however, be changed through compulsory introductory Welsh language classes for immigrants...
This study aims to analyse the impact of informal caregiving on physical health in comparative perspective for Ethnic German Immigrants (EGI) – the largest and oldest immigrant group in Germany – and non-migrant Germans (NMG). Methods The sample was drawn from the years 2000–2018 of the ...
Smoking prevalence among ethnic German immigrants from the Former Soviet Union by duration of stay in Germany - analysis of microcensus data. Int J Equity Health. 2010, 9: 15. 10.1186/1475-9276-9-15 Article PubMed Central PubMed Google Scholar Reeske A, Spallek J, Razum O: Changes in ...
Introduction and background: The scientific literature suggests the necessity of studying loneliness from a broader social perspective. This article aims to broaden the research on loneliness in older migrants by exploring the role of cultural difference