Economic and Labor Market Trends

Nightingale, Demetra Smith; Fix, Michael

doi:10.2307/1602793

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“…The prevalence of this occupational profile coincides with research on the work contexts of immigrants in the U.S. (e.g., Nightingale & Fix, 2004). Most interesting, though, was that mothers were significantly higher than fathers on physical activity within this profile.…”

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“…Remarkably, for maternal education, families in this profile fell in between the other two profiles, such that they had higher levels than mothers in the Incongruent profile, but lower levels than mothers in the Congruent High Self-Direction profile. This was unexpected as occupations characterized by high levels of hazardous conditions and physical activity do not typically require high levels of education (Nightingale & Fix, 2004). This may be indicative of trends that show that some immigrants who enter the US with sufficient education, nevertheless, are underemployed (Nightingale & Fix, 2004).…”

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“…Census Bureau, 2011) in unskilled labor positions (Nightingale & Fix, 2004), and the majority (68%) are dual-earner families (Hernandez, Denton, & Macartney, 2008). Mexican Americans are also a young population (U.S.…”

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Mexican-origin parents’ latent occupational profiles: Associations with parent–youth relationships and youth aspirations.

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Developmental Psychology

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This study utilized an ecological, person-centered approach to identify subgroups of families who had similar profiles across multiple dimensions of Mexican-origin mothers’ and fathers’ occupational characteristics (i.e., self-direction, hazardous conditions, physical activity) and to relate these subgroups to families’ sociocultural characteristics and youth adjustment. The study included 160 dual-earner Mexican-origin families from the urban Southwest. Mothers’ and fathers’ objective work characteristics and families’ sociocultural characteristics were assessed when youth were in early to middle adolescence; adjustment was assessed during late adolescence and early adulthood for two offspring in each family. A latent profile analysis identified 3 profiles that evidenced distinct patterns of occupational characteristics: a differentiated high physical activity profile characterized by high levels of physical activity and low levels of self-direction; an incongruent profile characterized by large differences between parents on self-direction, hazards, and physical activity; and a congruent highly self-directed profile characterized by congruence across parents on occupational characteristics. These profiles were linked to sociocultural characteristics (i.e., family income, educational attainment, and acculturation) and to relational adjustment (i.e., mother- and father-youth conflict, father warmth) and educational aspirations. Results are discussed with respect to implications of parents’ work for youth’s future family relationships and attainment.

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Mexican-origin parents’ latent occupational profiles: Associations with parent–youth relationships and youth aspirations.

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“…Moreover, children of immigrants' economic aspirations are associated with greater pursuit of math and science intensive fields in college. While immigration policy debates often center on the contribution of immigrant adults to the economy, it may well be their children who make the most profound contributions to our nation's economy and our 21st‐century needs for a highly educated workforce in technology and science (Nightingale & Fix, 2004).…”

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Unpacking Immigration in Youths' Academic and Occupational Pathways

Tseng

2006

Child Development

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This study sought to unpack how immigration is associated with youths' educational choices during the transition to college and adulthood. Surveys and school records were collected on 789 youth (ages 18-25) with Asian Pacific, Latino, African/Afro-Caribbean, and European backgrounds. The results indicated generational differences in educational choices, such that children of immigrants chose courses of study with higher math and science content than that of their peers with U.S.-born parents. Mediation analyses indicated that children of immigrants reported higher social and economic aspirations than did their peers, and their economic aspirations accounted for part of the generational difference in educational choices. Generational differences in educational choices were also mediated by verbal achievement test scores and perceived English skills.

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“…Low income, first time mothers represent one of the largest groups living below the poverty level (U.S. Census Bureau 2010) having no health insurance (Nightingale & Fix 2004), difficulty accessing the health care system due to language, financial and transportation problems (Trivedi et al . 2008, Kaiser Family Foundation 2006), low social support, increased stress and unmet learning needs (Sword et al .…”

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APN telephone follow up to low‐income first time mothers

Hannan

2012

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aims and objectives. To examine the effects of a low cost advanced practice nurse telephone intervention for 2 months postbirth in low-income first time mothers with healthy full term infants. Background. Currently women with non-complicated, healthy full term newborn deliveries receive little to no routine postpartum support. This is problematic if mothers are first time mothers, poor, have problems accessing health care, have language barriers and sparse social support. Design. A two group randomised clinical trial. This study was conducted in an inner city South Florida county hospital. Methods. A control group (n = 69) received routine hospital discharge care. An intervention group (n = 70) received routine hospital discharge care plus APN follow up telephone calls for week 8 postdischarge. Comparison of outcomes included maternal health (stress, social support, physical health), infant health (routine medical visits, immunisations, weight gain), morbidity (urgent care visits, emergency room visits, re-hospitalisations), and health care charges (urgent care visits, emergency room visits, re-hospitalisations). Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and two-sample t-tests. Results. Intervention group mothers had significantly lower perceived stress, significantly greater perceived maternal health and social support; infants had healthier weight gain, fewer emergency room visits; significantly lower total health care charges ($14,333 vs. $70,834) compared to controls. Conclusion. Study results indicate that APN follow up telephone calls to low-income first time mothers with healthy full term infants is an effective, safe, low cost, easy to apply intervention that improved mothers' and infants' health outcomes and reduced healthcare charges. Relevance to clinical practice. APNs are uniquely positioned to conduct follow up interventions aimed at providing continuity of care including APN telephone follow up. This is imperative for vulnerable populations especially during times of major budget cuts that affect health care services.

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Economic and Labor Market Trends

Cited by 11 publications

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Mexican-origin parents’ latent occupational profiles: Associations with parent–youth relationships and youth aspirations.

Mexican-origin parents’ latent occupational profiles: Associations with parent–youth relationships and youth aspirations.

Unpacking Immigration in Youths' Academic and Occupational Pathways

APN telephone follow up to low‐income first time mothers

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