Ages, life stages, and generational cohorts: Decomposing the immigrant first and second generations in the United States

International Migration Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1160-1205

  Rumbaut, Rubén G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10944228602     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2004.tb00232.x     Document Type: Review

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