Sentences with phrase «studying immigrants living»

Why It Matters: Studying immigrants living in North Carolina, McQuiston found myriad trends that could hasten the spread of HIV on both sides of the border.

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According to a 2013 study by the social action group Center for American Progress, if the undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States were provided legal status, the 10 - year cumulative increase in the gross domestic product (GDP) would be $ 832 billion.

For example, books reviewed in the first months of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection of short stories, Lost Face.

Half of immigrants overall (51 percent) work in white - collar jobs, the study found, and the large majority (61 percent) live in families earning over $ 80,000 a year.

There are 526,000 immigrants living on Long Island, making up 18 percent of the region's population and 20 percent of the economic output of Long Islanders, according to a study released today by the Fiscal Policy Institute, New Americans on Long Island: A Vital Fifth of the Economy.

Indian - Americans have the highest median income of all Asian immigrant groups, and more than 200,000 live in New York City alone, according to a study by the Pew Foundation.

Contrary to public perception, the number of children in immigrant families is not the primary reason more children are living in poverty, a Rutgers study has found, raising the question of whether federal policies affecting immigrants should be significantly altered.

While previous studies have shown that children living in immigrant families are more likely to be uninsured, less is known about what percentage of uninsured children who are immigrants or have immigrant parents.

In 2000, a key study reported that 36 percent of uninsured children live in immigrant families.

To study the prevalence of mental health distress among Mexican immigrants living illegally in high - risk areas (places that have strong opposition and punitive actions against immigrants living here illegally), the researchers surveyed nearly 260 people.

The report outlines the opportunities as well as the obligations that the federal health reform law will bring to lawfully present immigrants, people who have obtained green cards or visas allowing them to work, live and study in the United States.

A new study uses ancient DNA to suggest that a massive migration of herders from the east shaped the genomes of most living Europeans — and that these immigrants may have been the source of Proto - Indo - European (PIE), the mysterious ancestral tongue from which the more than 400 Indo - European languages sprang.

Risks Seen for Children of Illegal Immigrants The New York Times, September 20, 2011 «The Harvard study reports that «fear and vigilance» guide the home lives of young children whose parents are illegal immigrants, making the parents significantly less likely to engage with teachers or be active in schooImmigrants The New York Times, September 20, 2011 «The Harvard study reports that «fear and vigilance» guide the home lives of young children whose parents are illegal immigrants, making the parents significantly less likely to engage with teachers or be active in schooimmigrants, making the parents significantly less likely to engage with teachers or be active in schools.»

Later studies showed Latinos live longer — especially immigrants.

A study conducted comparing the national average income of immigrants from 1982 to 2010, reveals that the average annual income of live - in caregivers, privately sponsored refugees, government sponsored refugees, and family - sponsored parents, grandparents, spouses and partners is consistently below the Canadian national average.

Bo has experience working with Latino and immigrant populations and has lived, worked and studied in Central America and is fluent in Spanish.

The researcher recently completed a qualitative study to explore the lived experiences of Chinese immigrant families that went through prolonged separation and reunification, and understand their attitudes, perceptions, and reactions to the separation and reunification process [10].

As mentioned above, many of the participants in Study 1 were second - generation immigrants living in the UK, whose parents originated from more collectivistic countries.

In a birth cohort study, risk of psychosis in adulthood was raised by a factor of 4 if the mother, during pregnancy, reported that a baby was unwanted.49 Separation from parents in early life has been found to predict an increased risk of psychosis in genetically vulnerable children, 50,51 and the association between immigrant status and severe mental illness may be at least partially explained by the high rates of early separation in migrant populations.52 Adolescents at high genetic risk of psychosis have also been found to be at increased risk of psychosis in later life if they report adverse relationships with their parents.53

Several studies have reported that early trauma, and especially childhood sexual abuse, specifically increases the risk of later hallucinations in both schizophrenia and bipolar patients.69 — 73 On the other hand, insecure attachment appears to be specifically associated with paranoia and not hallucinations.45, 46 Evidence that discrimination or victimization plays a specific role in the development of paranoid beliefs has emerged from a population survey in the United States and Mexico, 39 from a prospective population - based study in Holland, 32 and from patients» retrospective reports of their experiences of intrusive74, 75 and threatening76 life events (as noted above, this effect may contribute to the elevated rates of psychosis in immigrant populations).

«Multigenerational families are more likely to reside in areas of recent immigration, where new immigrants may live with their relatives,» said demographer Tavia Simmons, who co-authored the study.

A recent National Association of Realtors (NAR) study estimated that foreigners and immigrants who've lived here less than two years spent $ 82.5 billion on U.S. investment property in the 12 months ended March 31, 2012.