2022
DOI: 10.1177/01979183221112898
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Family Matters: Modeling Naturalization Propensities in the United States

Abstract: Despite the benefits of gaining citizenship, many eligible immigrants in the United States are not naturalizing. In this article, we examine factors that lead to naturalization in the United States, finding that immigrants’ pathways to citizenship are simultaneously shaped by individual characteristics, place-based attributes, and family dynamics. Of notable significance, and largely omitted from previous empirical work on naturalization, we find that having a naturalized spouse prior to one’s own naturalizati… Show more

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“…Third, although differential proximity of the Latino citizenship subgroups to undocumented immigrants is unlikely to explain our results (see Table S1), information on the citizenship and/or legal status of respondents' household members could more directly test this idea. For example, permanent residents married to undocumented immigrants are less likely than permanent residents married to naturalized citizens to become citizens (57); noncitizens in the former dynamic may be more responsive to the national context of deportation threat. Fourth, although the NHIS data illuminate important cross-sectional nuances in Latinos' psychological distress over time, longitudinal and survey experimental data are needed to illuminate the precise mechanisms linking the national context of deportation threat and psychological distress.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Third, although differential proximity of the Latino citizenship subgroups to undocumented immigrants is unlikely to explain our results (see Table S1), information on the citizenship and/or legal status of respondents' household members could more directly test this idea. For example, permanent residents married to undocumented immigrants are less likely than permanent residents married to naturalized citizens to become citizens (57); noncitizens in the former dynamic may be more responsive to the national context of deportation threat. Fourth, although the NHIS data illuminate important cross-sectional nuances in Latinos' psychological distress over time, longitudinal and survey experimental data are needed to illuminate the precise mechanisms linking the national context of deportation threat and psychological distress.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%