The Social Integration of Immigrants and the Role of Policy — A Literature Review

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“…Participation in social activities can provide meaningful interactions, but it requires reciprocity-a willingness of foreign members to join activities and a willingness of native members to grant access (Laurentsyeva and Venturini, 2017;Ward et al, 2001). Research quantifying daily interactions between groups frequently relies on self-report measures such as number of mutual visits (Avitabile et al, 2013) or club membership (Hainmueller et al, 2017), but such measures tend to overlook the actions of native members.…”

The Association between Social Integration and Utilization of Essential Public Health Services among Internal Migrants in China: A Multilevel Logistic Analysis

“…Internal migrants ought to align with the local values and norms. Successful assimilation helps migrants build up social capital and improve individual well-being [ 14 ].…”

“…Many studies have found that social integration has powerful effects on health and health care services [ 15 , 16 , 17 ]. As a multidimensional variable, different proxy measures have been used to quantify social integration [ 14 , 18 , 19 ]. Jesus [ 17 ], for instance, used community involvement as a proxy for social integration and found that social integration reduced the association between stigma and sexual risk behavior.…”

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“…However, like other social concepts, such as trust (Glaeser et al, 2000), social integration is not easily quantified. The literature relies on approximations that reflect the level of integration of foreign groups through participation in social and other activities (Laurentsyeva and Venturini, 2017). To date, research does not provide a measure of social integration that captures the actions of the local population (Arends-Tóth and Van de Vijver, 2007;Demes and Geeraert, 2014).…”