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ERIC Number: EJ358800
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Changing Flags: Naturalization and Its Determinants Among Mexican Immigrants.
Portes, Alejandro; Curtis, John W.
International Migration Review, v21 n2 p352-71 Sum 1987
In a secondary analysis of citizenship acquisition among legal Mexican immigrants many individual characteristics which were significant in previous studies did not correlate with an interest in naturalization. Positive correlations were found in these areas: (1) roots in the United States; (2) residential patterns; and (3) barriers and attitudes faced during residence. (VM)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Citizenship, Correlation, Ethnic Discrimination, Foreign Nationals, Immigrants, Influences, Mexican Americans, Motivation, Residential Patterns
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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