The Continuing Significance of Race: A Study of Race, Class, and Quality of Life in America, 1972-1985

Thomas, Melvin E.; Hughes, Michael L.

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“…This paper has not attempted to document its literature sources in the way a normal academic paper would. The paper's general conclusions in some cases agree or overlap with those in Andrews (1991), Smith (1979), Shin (1980), Thomas and Hughes (1986), Veenhoven (1991Veenhoven ( , 1993 and Weaver (1980). Although little-read by economists, the pioneering work on the statistical study of well-being includes Andrews and Withey (1976), Andrews and Inglehart (1978), Campbell, Converse and Rodgers (1976), Campbell (1981), Cantril (1965, Diener (1984), and Larsen, Diener and Emmons (1984).…”

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Happiness and Economic Performance

1997

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If a nation's economic performance improves, how much extra happiness does that buy its citizens? Most public debate assumes --without real evidence --that the answer is a lot. This paper examines the question by using information on well-being in Western countries. The data are of four kinds: on reported happiness, on reported life satisfaction, on reported job satisfaction, and on the number of suicides. These reveal patterns that are not visible to the anecdotal eye.

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Happiness and Economic Performance

1997

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“…Compositional concerns emerge as substantially more important than economic concerns for explaining variation in individual attitudes toward immigration policies. 5 See "Immigration poll finds stark difference in British and German attitudes", The Guardian, 26 November 2014 (http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/26/immigration-germany-britain-starkdifference-ipsos-mori) Psychology and sociology research, in turn, analyzes the negative effects of perceived discrimination and cultural dissimilation on the social stress and mental health of immigrants (Thomas and Hughes 1986;Vega and Rumbaut 1991;Rumbaut 1994;Finch et al 2000;Taylor and Turner 2002;Sellers et al 2003;Hughes and Demo 1989). Social conflict between natives and specific communities of immigrants in major European countries highlight the potential damage that can result from neglecting the effects of cultural dissimilation, including unsustainable social conditions and substantial economic losses.…”

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Life satisfaction of immigrants: does cultural assimilation matter?

2015

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To investigate empirically the association between a direct measure of assimilation with a host culture and immigrants' subjective well-being, this study uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. A positive, significant association arises between cultural assimilation and immigrants' life satisfaction, even after controlling for several potential confounding factors, such as immigrants' individual (demographic and socio-economic) characteristics and regional controls that capture their external social conditions. Finally, the strength of the association varies with time since migration; it is significant for "established" and second-generation immigrants but vanishes for "recent" immigrants.

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“…Of particular concern was whether political enfranchisement and greater access to public accommodations, especially for southern African Americans, would result in more positive quality of life (Thomas and Hughes 1986;Thomas and Holmes 1992). In addition, proponents of social indicators research, which relates to the documentation of social trends, became increasingly interested in the subjective well-being of African Americans in terms of overall life satisfaction and happiness (Land 1983;Ellison and Gay 1990).…”

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“…Several studies have indicated that African American women report lower levels of mental well-being than all of their counterparts (Bracy 1976;Thomas and Holmes 1992; Thomas and Hughes 1986). However, these findings were problematic in that 9 little is known about the ways in which community context, sociocultural factors.…”

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Economic stress and depressive symptoms among southern African American women: an examination of mediating and moderating factors

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This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfibn master. UMI fihns the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer.The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction.In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion.Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book.Photographs included in the original manuscript have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. Higher quality 6" x 9" black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. Despite the seemingly dismal status of African American women, a more positive image is evident in the literature. As a group, they have been known to utilize support from fictive and non-fictive kin, and religion to overcome obstacles typically viewed as insurmountable (Gibbs and Fuery 1994;Giddings 1984;Jackson and Sears 1992;Jones 1983;Ladner 1971;Stack 1974). Few studies address the specific ways in which Afiican American women cope with institutional oppression and other forms of life stress, but those that do suggest that social support helps to reduce feelings of stress for African American women (McAdoo 1986(McAdoo , 1995. Furthermore, in studies that relate solely to African American mental health, Aihcan American women have been found to utilize prayer as a primary coping mechanism ). UMIConsidering the sociopolitical and economic status of many African American women, as well as the coping strategies they have used to undermine stressful situations, more scholars seemingly would take an interest in the contribution that stress-particularly economic stress-plays in determining the well-being of this group. States is such that any person of color is more likely to report more stressful life events and higher levels of stress than Whites (Smith 1985). Whereas there may be some truth to this conclusion, it says nothii;g ciosut the specific types of life experiences that differentially impact people's lives. Furthermore, it results in analyses where the researcher merely compares African Americans and Whites with regard to some type of mental health outcome or quality of life indicator (Antunes et al 1977;Carr and Krause 1978;Cockerham 1990; Jones-Webb 1993;Linn, Husaini, and Whitten-Stoval 199...

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The Continuing Significance of Race: A Study of Race, Class, and Quality of Life in America, 1972-1985

Cited by 149 publications

References 7 publications

Happiness and Economic Performance

Happiness and Economic Performance

Life satisfaction of immigrants: does cultural assimilation matter?

Economic stress and depressive symptoms among southern African American women: an examination of mediating and moderating factors

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