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Activity Number:
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116
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, July 30, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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| Abstract - #308774 |
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Title:
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Status Upgrading: Immigrant Naturalization and Occupational Change Revisited
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Author(s):
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Derekh Cornwell*+ and Nancy F. Rytina and Gary Huang
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Companies:
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Office of Immigration Statistics and U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Office of Immigration Statistics
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Address:
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800 K Street NW South Tower Suite 1000, Washington, DC, 20532,
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Keywords:
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Office of Immigration Statistics ; Immigrants ; Naturalization ; Occupational Change ; Administrative Records ; Department of Homeland Security
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Abstract:
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U.S. immigration policy selects foreign nationals for legal permanent resident (LPR) status based on three criteria: family relationships, employment, and humanitarian concerns. Very little is known, however, about the status changes of LPRs relative to their category of admission due to the absence of comprehensive longitudinal data. Previous research (Jasso and Rosenzweig) has only examined naturalization and occupational outcomes for single LPR cohorts. This paper expands on this previous work by analyzing the naturalization and occupational changes for multiple LPR cohorts. Specifically, we use logistic regression to examine the likelihood of naturalization and occupational change through 2006 for immigrants obtaining LPR status between 1975 and 1995. Data for the analysis are obtained from the Department of Homeland Security.
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