New Immigrant Survey

Principal Investigator(s): Jasso, Guillermina, New York University; Massey, Douglas S., Princeton University; Rosenzweig, Mark R., Yale University; Smith, James P., RAND

Summary: The New Immigrant Survey (NIS) is a panel survey of a nationally repesentative sample of new legal immigrants to the United States based on probability samples of administrative records of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). (more info)

Access Notes

These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners directly (via New Immigrant Survey) for details on obtaining the data and documentation.

Study Description

Scope of Study

Subject Terms: acculturation, child health, children, demographic characteristics, educational background, employment, family background, family life, financial assets, health care costs, health insurance, health status, household composition, immigrants, immigration, immigration policy, income, job history, parent child relationship, population dynamics, population migration, religion

Geographic Coverage: United States

Data Collection Notes:

These data are not available from ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners directly for details on obtaining the data and documentation

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Most Recent Publications

2004

Jasso, Guillermina, Massey, Douglas S., Rosenzweig, Mark R., Smith, James P., Anderson, Norman B., Bulatao, Randy A.., Cohen, Barney . Immigrant health-selectivity and acculturation. Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

2004

Jasso, Guillermina, Massey, Douglas S., Rosenzweig, Mark R., Smith, James P. The U.S. New Immigrant Survey: Overview and Preliminary Results Based on the New-Immigrant Cohorts of 1996 and 2003. London: Immigration Research and Statistics Service.

2004

Massey, Douglas S., Redstone, Ilana . Coming to stay: An analysis of the U.S. Census question on immigrants' year of arrival. Demography. 41, 721-738.

2003

Jasso, Guillermina, Massey, Douglas S., Rosenzweig, Mark R., Smith, James P., Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, Smith, Jane I., Esposito, John L. Exploring the religious preferences of recent immigrants to the United States: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey Pilot. Religion and Immigration: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Experiences in the United States. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

2003

Jasso, Guillermina, Massey, Douglas S., Rosenzweig, Mark R., Smith, James P. The New Immigrant Survey in the US: The experience over time. Migration Information Source. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute.

2003

Le, Long S. Measuring Immigration: By Distinguishing Legal Status among the Foreign-Born Population. Dissertation, University of Houston.

2002

Jasso, Guillermina, Rosenzweig, Mark R., Smith, James P. The earnings of U.S. immigrants: World skill prices, skill transferability and selectivity. Manuscript.

2002

Massey, Douglas S., Malone, Nolan . Pathways to legal immigration. Population Research and Policy Review. 21, (6),

2000

Jasso, Guillermina, Massey, Douglas S., Rosenzweig, Mark R., Smith, James P. Assortative mating among married new legal immigrants to the United States: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey Pilot. International Migration Review. 34, 443-459.

2000

Jasso, Guillermina, Massey, Douglas S., Rosenzweig, Mark R., Smith, James P., Tomasi, Lydio F., Powers, Mary G. Family, schooling, religiosity, and mobility among New Legal Immigrants to the United States: Evidence from the New Immigrant Survey Pilot Study. Immigration Today: Pastoral and Research Challenges. Staten Island, NY: Center for Migration Studies.