Ethnic Differences in Adaptation: Sino-Vietnamese Refugees in the United States.

Desbarats, Jacqueline

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Publication Date: 1986

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Ethnic Differences in Adaptation: Sino-Vietnamese Refugees in the United States.

Desbarats, Jacqueline

International Migration Review, v20 n2 p405-27 Sum 1986

There appear to be three reasons why Sino-Vietnamese refugees lag behind ethnic Vietnamese refugees in cultural and economic adaptation: (1) they come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds; (2) they arrived when incentives to prompt adjustment were lessening; and (3) their attitudes and behaviors differ for cultural reasons. (GC)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Differences, Employment Patterns, Ethnic Groups, Indochinese, Refugees, Socioeconomic Background, Vietnamese People

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Language: English

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