TY - JOUR
T1 - The U.S. destinations of contemporary Mexican immigrants
AU - McConnell, Eileen
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Although U.S. Latinos continue to be concentrated in particular places, many have shifted to "new" locations around the country. This study employs data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP107) to examine the relationship between individual-level characteristics and diverse U.S. destinations chosen by post-1965 Mexican immigrants. Multinomial logistic regression analyses confirm the importance of human capital, social networks, and temporal context in directing immigrants to particular U.S. sites. The findings also suggest that employing a typology of U.S. destinations is useful for understanding the spatial distributions of contemporary Mexican immigrants.
AB - Although U.S. Latinos continue to be concentrated in particular places, many have shifted to "new" locations around the country. This study employs data from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP107) to examine the relationship between individual-level characteristics and diverse U.S. destinations chosen by post-1965 Mexican immigrants. Multinomial logistic regression analyses confirm the importance of human capital, social networks, and temporal context in directing immigrants to particular U.S. sites. The findings also suggest that employing a typology of U.S. destinations is useful for understanding the spatial distributions of contemporary Mexican immigrants.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00147.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2008.00147.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:56649083627
SN - 0197-9183
VL - 42
SP - 767
EP - 802
JO - International Migration Review
JF - International Migration Review
IS - 4
ER -