Immigrant Children and the Transition to Adulthood
Title
Immigrant Children and the Transition to Adulthood
Author
Gonzales, Roberto G.
Roth, Benjamin J.
Research Area
Social Processes
Topic
Immigration
Abstract
The children of immigrants represent a large and growing segment of the US population. The children of immigrants are not progressing steadily as a group at the same rate or following a standard pathway to adulthood. Rather, there is wide variation across ethnic groups and immigrant generations, and immigrant children are not necessarily following the patterned sequence of the nonimmigrant majority.