| Description |
267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
0002-7164 ;
v. 643
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 643.
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| Note |
"September 2012." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction: comparative perspectives on international perspectives and child well-being / Alícia Adserà, Marta Tienda -- Migrant youths' educational achievement: the role of institutions / Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Mathias Sinning, and Steven Stillman -- Educational achievement gaps between immigrant and native students in two "new" immigrant countries: Italy and Spain in comparison / Davide Azzolini, Philipp Schnell, John R. B. Palmer -- The educational expectations of children of immigrants in Italy - Alessandra Minello and Nicola Barban -- Child-parent separations among Senegalese migrants to Europe: migration strategies or cultural arrangements? / Amparo González-Ferrer, Pau Baizán, and Cris Beauchemin -- Age at immigration and the adult attainments of child migrants to the United States / Audrey Beck, Miles Corak, and Marta Tienda -- Fertility patterns of child migrants: age at migration and ancestry in comparative perspective / Alícia Adserà ... [et al.] -- Nativity differences in mothers' health behaviors: a cross-national and longitudinal lens / Margot Jackson, Sarah McLanahan, and Kathleen Kiernan -- Race/ethnic and nativity disparities in child overweight in the United States and England / Melissa L. Martison, Sara McLanahan, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn -- How do children of mixed partnerships fare in the United Kingdom? Understanding the implications for children of parental ethnic homogamy and heterogamy / Lucinda Platt. |
| Subject |
Immigrant youth -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Immigrant youth. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Children of immigrants -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Children of immigrants. |
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Immigrant youth -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Education. |
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Children of immigrants -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Children of immigrants -- Education. |
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Immigrant youth -- Health and hygiene -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Children of immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Children of immigrants -- Health and hygiene. |
| Added Author |
Adserà, Alícia.
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Tienda, Marta.
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| ISBN |
9781452268118 paper |
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1452268118 paper |
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9781452268101 cloth |
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145226810X cloth |
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