Assessing the private safety net: Social support among minority immigrant parents

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 666-692

  Turney, Kristin ^a,b   Kao, Grace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349887652     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2009.01157.x     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Alba, Richard Victor Nee. 2003. Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press.
2. Angel, Ronald Marta Tienda. 1982 Determinants of Extended Household Structure: Cultural Pattern or Economic Need? American Journal of Sociology 87 (6 1360 1383.
3. Aschenbrenner, Joyce. 1973. Lifelines: Black Families in Chicago. New York : Holt, Rinehart, & Winston.
4. Baron, Reuben M. David A. Kenny. 1986 The Moderator-Mediator Variable Distinction in Social Psychological Research: Conceptual, Strategic and Statistical Considerations Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51 : 1173 1182.
5. Bengston, Vern L. 2001 Beyond the Nuclear Family: The Increasing Importance of Multigenerational Bonds Journal of Marriage and Family 63 : 1 16.
6. Bradley, Robert H., Leanne Whiteside-Mansell, Judith A. Brisby Bettye M. Caldwell. 1997 Parents' Socioemotional Investment in Children Journal of Marriage and the Family 59 (1 77 90.
7. Briggs, Xavier de Souza. 1998 Brown Kids in the White Suburbs: Housing Mobility and the Many Faces of Social Capital Housing Policy Debate 9 : 177 221.
8. Burchinal, Margaret R., Andrea Follmer Donna M. Bryant. 1996 The Relations of Maternal Social Support and Family Structure with Maternal Responsiveness and Child Outcomes among African American Families Developmental Psychology 32 (6 1073 1083.
9. Cohen, Sheldon Thomas A. Wills. 1985 Stress, Social Support and the Buffering Hypothesis Psychological Bulletin 98 (2 310 357.
10. Cooney, Teresa Peter Uhlenberg. 1990 The Role of Divorce in Men's Relations with Their Adult Children Journal of Marriage and the Family 52 : 677 688.
11. Crnic, Keith A., Mark T. Greenberg, Arlene S. Ragozin, Nancy M. Robinson Robert B. Basham. 1983 Effects of Stress and Social Support on Mothers and Premature Full-Term Babies Child Development 54 (1 209 217.
12. Dietz, Tracy L. 1995 Patterns of Intergenerational Assistance within the Mexican American Family: Is the Family Taking Care of the Older Generation's Needs? Journal of Family Issues 16 (3 344 356.
13. Durkheim, Emile. 1897. Suicide. New York : The Free Press.
14. Early, Diane M. Margaret R. Burchinal. 2001 Early Childhood Care: Relations with Family Characteristics and Preferred Care Characteristics Early Childhood Research Quarterly 16 : 475 497.
15. Edin, Kathryn Laura Lein. 1997. Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work. New York : Russell Sage Foundation.
16. Eggebeen, David J. 1992 Family Structure and Intergenerational Exchanges Research on Aging 14 : 427 447.
17. Eggebeen, David J. Dennis P. Hogan. 1990 Giving between Generations in American Families Human Nature 1 : 211 232.
18. Entwisle, Doris R. Karl L. Alexander. 1989 Early Schooling as a 'Critical Period' Phenomenon Pp. 27 55 in Sociology of Education and Socialization, vol. 8, edited by K. Namboodiri R. G. Corwin. Greenwich, CT : JAI Press.
19. Garcia, Camilo. 1993 What Do We Mean by Extended Family? A Closer Look at Hispanic Multigenerational Families Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 8 : 137 146.
20. Glick, Jennifer E. 1999 Economic Support from and to Extended Kin: A Comparison of Mexican Americans and Mexican Immigrants International Migration Review 33 : 745 765.
21. Glick, Jennifer E. Jennifer Van Hook. 2002 Parents' Coresidence with Adult Children: Can Immigration Explain Racial and Ethnic Variation? Journal of Marriage and the Family 64 : 240 253.
22. Hannerz, Ulf. 1969. Soulside: Inquiries into Ghetto Culture and Community. New York : Columbia University Press.
23. Hao, Lingxin. 2003 Private Support and Public Assistance for Immigrant Families Journal of Marriage and Family 65 : 36 51.
24. Harknett, Kristen. 2006 The Relationship between Private Safety Nets and Economic Outcomes among Single Mothers Journal of Marriage and Family 68 : 172 191.
25. Harrington, Michael. 1962. The Other America. New York : Macmillan.
26. Henly, Julia R., Sandra K. Danziger Shira Offer. 2005 The Contribution of Social Support to the Material Well-Being of Low-Income Families Journal of Marriage and Family 67 : 122 140.
27. Hofferth, Sandra L. 1984 Kin Networks, Race, and Family Structure Journal of Marriage and the Family 46 : 791 806.
28. Hogan, Dennis P., David J. Eggebeen Clifford C. Clogg. 1993 The Structure of Intergenerational Exchanges in American Families American Journal of Sociology 98 : 1428 1458.
29. Jackson, Aurora, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Chien-Chung Huang Marc Glassman. 2000 Single Mothers in Low-Wage Jobs: Financial Strain, Parenting, and Preschoolers' Outcomes Child Development 71 (5 1409 1423.
30. Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia, Katharine M. Donato, Theresa Thompson-Colon Melissa Stainback. 2005 Counting on Kin: Social Networks, Social Support, and Child Health Status Social Forces 83 : 1137 1164.
31. Kao, Grace Marta Tienda. 1995 Optimism and Achievement: The Educational Performance of Immigrant Youth Social Science Quarterly 76 : 1 19.
32. Kim, Hyoun K. Patrick C. McKenry. 1998 Social Networks and Support: A Comparison of African Americans, Asians, Caucasians, and Hispanics Journal of Comparative Family Studies 29 (2 313 334.
33. Lee, Yean-Ju Isik A. Aytac. 1998 Intergenerational Financial Support among Whites, African Americans, and Latinos Journal of Marriage and the Family 60 (2 426 441.
34. Lin, Nan. 2001. Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press.
35. MacPhee, David, Janet Fritz Jan Miller-Heyl. 1996 Ethnic Variations in Personal Social Networks and Parenting Child Development 67 (6 3278 3295.
36. Moncher, Frank J. 1995 Social Isolation and Child Abuse Risk Families in Society 76 (7 421 433.
37. National Center for Education Statistics. 2001. User's Manual for the ECLS-K Base Year Public-Use Data Files and Electronic Codebook. Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Education (NCES 2001-029 Revised).
38. Newman, Katherine. 1999. No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City. New York : Russell Sage Foundation.
39. O'Hare, William P. 2004. Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children. New York & Washington, DC : Russell Sage Foundation & Population Reference Bureau.
40. Parish, William L. L. Hao. 1991 Family Support Networks, Welfare, and Work among Young Mothers Journal of Marriage and the Family 53 (1 203 215.
41. Park, Robert. 1928 Human Migration and the Marginal Man American Journal of Sociology 33 (6 881 893.
42. Portes, Alejandro Ruben Rumbaut. 2006. Immigrant America: A Portrait (3rd ed.). Berkeley : University of California Press.
43. Rao, V. Nandini, V.V. Prakasa Rao Marilyn Fernandez. 1990 An Exploratory Study of Social Support among Asian Indians in the U.S.A International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 27 (3-4 229 245.
44. Ryan, Rebecca M., Ariel Kalil Lindsey J. Leininger. 2008 Unwed Mothers' Private Safety Nets and Children's Socioemotional Wellbeing Fragile Families Working Paper 2008-05-FF.
45. Ryan, Rebecca, Ariel Kalil Lindsey Leininger. 2009 Low-Income Mothers' Private Safety Nets and Children's Socioemotional Well-Being Journal of Marriage and Family 71 (2 279 298.
46. Sarason, Barbara R., Irwin G. Sarason Gregory R. Pierce. 1990. Social Support: An Interactional View. New York : Wiley.
47. Sarkisian, Natalia Naomi Gerstel. 2004 Kin Support among Blacks and Whites American Sociological Review 69 : 812 833.
48. Schweizer, Thomas, Michael Schnegg Susanne Berzborn. 1998 Personal Networks and Social Support in a Multiethnic Community of Southern California Social Networks 20 : 1 21.
49. Sherraden, Margaret Sherrard Rossana E. Barrera. 1997 Family Support and Birth Outcomes among Second-Generation Mexican Immigrants Social Service Review 71 (4 607 633.
50. Stack, Carol B. 1974. All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community. New York : Harper and Row.
51. Stanton-Salazar, Ricardo. 2001. Manufacturing Hope and Despair: The School and Kin Support Networks of U.S.-Mexican Youth. New York : Teachers College Press.
52. Suarez-Orozco, Carola Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco. 2001. Children of Immigration. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press.
53. Thoits, Peggy A. 1986 Social Support as Coping Assistance Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 54 (4 416 423.
54. Thoits, Peggy A. 1995 Stress, Coping, and Social Support Processes: Where Are We? What Next? Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36 : 53 79.
55. U.S. Census Bureau. 2004. We the People: Asians in the United States. Census 2000 Special Reports. Washington, DC : U.S. Census Bureau.
56. Uttal, Lynet. 1999 Using Kin for Child Care: Embedment in the Socioeconomic Networks of Extended Families Journal of Marriage and the Family 61 (4 845 857.
57. Wethington, Elaine Ronald C. Kessler. 1986 Perceived Support, Received Support, and Adjustment to Stressful Life Events Journal of Health and Social Behavior 27 : 78 89.
58. Wong, Sabrina T., Grace J. Yoo Anita L. Stewart. 2005 Examining the Types of Social Support and the Actual Sources of Support in Older Chinese and Korean Immigrants International Journal of Aging and Human Development 61 (2 105 121.
59. Zhou, Min. 1997 Growing Up American: The Challenge Confronting Immigrant Children and Children of Immigrants Annual Review of Sociology 23 : 63 95.
60. Zhou, Min Carl L. Bankston. 1998. Growing Up American: How Vietnamese American Children Adapt to Life in the United States. New York : Russell Sage.