ERIC Number: EJ810298
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Publication Date: 2008
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Mothers' Citizenship Status and Household Food Insecurity among Low-Income Children of Immigrants
Kalil, Ariel; Chen, Jen-Hao
New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, n121 p43-62 Fall 2008
Recent data have shown that children of immigrant noncitizens experience more persistent and higher levels of food insecurity than the children of citizens following welfare reform. However, little is known about the range of factors that might explain different rates of food insecurity in the different populations. In this study, the authors used national data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten cohort to assess this question, using multivariate probit regression analyses in a low-income sample. They found that households of children (foreign and U.S.-born) with noncitizen mothers are at substantially greater risk of food insecurity than their counterparts with citizen mothers and that demographic characteristics such as being Latina, levels of maternal education, and large household size explain about half of the difference in rates. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Immigrants, Mothers, Citizenship, Status, Family Environment, Hunger, Food, Security (Psychology), Risk, Low Income Groups, Children, Multiple Regression Analysis, Welfare Services, Demography, Parent Education, Hispanic Americans, Family Size
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