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Southeast Asian Refugee Self-Sufficiency Study, 1982

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Principal Investigator(s): Caplan, Nathan; Whitmore, John K.

Summary: This survey gauged the economic and social status of Southeast Asian refugees who arrived in the United States after September 1978, a group generally known as the "Boat People." Special emphasis was placed on investigating how these refugees adapted to life in the United States and achieved economic self-sufficiency. The survey asked about educational and occupational backgrounds, household composition, family size, secondary migration after arrival in the United States, English profi... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08454.v2

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