Divergent Origins and Destinies: Children of AsianImmigrants

摘要: Americans of Asian origins have family histories in the United States longer than many Eastern or Southern European origins. However, their numbers become visible only recent decades, rising from 1.4 million 1970 to 11.9 (or 4% total US population) 2000. Before 1970, Asian-origin population was largely made up Japanese, Chinese and Filipinos. Today Filipino are largest subgroups (at 2.8 2.4 respectively), followed by Indians, Koreans, Vietnamese Japanese more one million). Some 20 other nationalorigin ethnic subgroups, such as Cambodians, Lao, Hmong, Thai, Indonesians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis been officially counted government statistics since 1980. Because historical circumstances legal exclusion contemporary immigration, just begun mature into second generation large late 1980s, for fourth generation.1 As 2000, approximately two-thirds is foreign born (the first 1.5 generation), another 27% U.S. foreign-born parentage less 10% U.S.-born third higher).2 There has relatively little concern with whether not children immigrants can make it American mainstream, partly because comparatively high socioeconomic status (SES) upon arrival