2016
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-016-9422-0
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Determinants of Mexican-Origin Dropout: The Roles of Mexican Latino/a Destinations and Immigrant Generation

Abstract: Adolescents of Mexican origin have higher than average school dropout rates, but the risk of school non-enrollment among this subgroup varies substantially across geographic areas. This study conducts a multilevel logistic regression analysis of data from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey to evaluate whether spatial heterogeneity in school non-enrollment rates among Mexican-origin youth (n = 71,269) can be attributed to the histories of states and local areas as Mexican Latino/a receiving gateways. This … Show more

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“…One theme is that living in a new Latino/a destination is associated with increased educational disadvantages among Mexican-origin children. These results are consistent with prior work showing worse educational outcomes among immigrant-origin adolescent youth in new versus established gateways (Ackert 2017;Dondero and Muller 2012;Fischer 2010). Taken together with prior research on residential segregation, poverty, and occupational stratification in new destinations (Crowley et al 2015;Hall 2013;Lichter 2012;Lichter et al 2015a;Turner 2014), these findings suggest that new destinations are imposing greater barriers to incorporation for the Mexican-origin population than established gateways.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
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“…One theme is that living in a new Latino/a destination is associated with increased educational disadvantages among Mexican-origin children. These results are consistent with prior work showing worse educational outcomes among immigrant-origin adolescent youth in new versus established gateways (Ackert 2017;Dondero and Muller 2012;Fischer 2010). Taken together with prior research on residential segregation, poverty, and occupational stratification in new destinations (Crowley et al 2015;Hall 2013;Lichter 2012;Lichter et al 2015a;Turner 2014), these findings suggest that new destinations are imposing greater barriers to incorporation for the Mexican-origin population than established gateways.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 88%
“…Less-acculturated Mexican-origin families appeared to be the most vulnerable to not enrolling children in early childhood education in new destinations, and more-acculturated families were more resilient to destination effects. This interaction of destinations and household-level factors related to acculturation in shaping individual-level outcomes has been largely overlooked in the previous research (but see Ackert 2017). Future research is needed to determine why some Mexican-origin families are more susceptible to contextual conditions related to destinations as they make educational decisions for their children.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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