An Empirical Examination of Characteristics of Mexican Migrants to Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States

Autor/inn/en	Farmer, Frank L.; Moon, Zola K.
Titel	An Empirical Examination of Characteristics of Mexican Migrants to Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas of the United States
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 74 (2009) 2, S.220-240 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
Schlagwörter	Community Characteristics; Municipalities; Rural Areas; Metropolitan Areas; Foreign Countries; Work Experience; North Americans; Immigrants; Mexican Americans; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Unskilled Workers; Marriage; Foreign Policy; International Trade; Educational Attainment; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Magistrat; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ballungsraum; Ausland; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hispanoamerikaner; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Unskilled worker; Hilfsarbeiter; Ehe; Außenpolitik; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	This research examines differences between those Mexican migrants choosing metropolitan destinations and those choosing destinations outside metropolitan areas of the United States. Using general estimating equations, the study presents data indicating that since the 1960s migrants choosing rural destinations are less fluent in English, slightly older, much less educated, far more likely to be unskilled, more likely to be married, and more likely to be undocumented. The picture is more complex when consideration is restricted to those migrants arriving in rural areas since the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement. These migrants are far more likely to be single, have more education but have less English fluency, have less work experience, and have less family experience with migration to the United States. They are more likely to come from small towns and rural areas of Mexico. (Contains 7 footnotes and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10