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- Title
Japanese American Economic Behavior: Its Types, Determinants, and Consequences.
- Authors
Woodrum, Eric; Rhodes, Colbert; Feagin, Joe R.
- Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper argues that immigrant economic adaptations should be analyzed as vehicles through which factors in the society of origin influence experiences following migration and as predictors of noneconomic characteristics. The strategy is applied to first generation Japanese Americans (Issei) with national survey data from the Japanese American Research Project. Six economic adaptive modes are isolated by cross-classifying occupational categories with class status as self-employed versus employee. Father's occupation and class status, as well as respondent's education, religion, and family background all significantly influence Issei economic adaptations. Those adopting the various economic modes differ also in other economic respects. Knowledge of economic modes facilitates prediction of Issei English fluency, religious affiliation, primary structural integration and encounters with white prejudice and discrimination.
- Subjects
EMIGRATION &; immigration; JAPANESE Americans; ECONOMIC history; RESEARCH; SOCIAL status; SOCIAL classes; EDUCATION; DISCRIMINATION (Sociology)
- Publication
Social Forces, 1980, Vol 58, Issue 4, p1235
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2577322