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Adaptation Process of Cuban (Mariel) and Haitian Refugees in South Florida, 1983-1987 (ICPSR 9750)
Released/updated on: 2006-03-30
Geographic coverage: United States, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Florida, Miami
Time period: 1983-01-01--1987-01-01
This survey was designed to examine economic, social, and
psychological adaptation of Cuban and Haitian refugees to American
society. Cuban (those arriving from the port of Mariel) or Haitian
immigrants aged 18 to 60 who arrived in the United States in 1980 or
after and settled in designated areas in South Florida were interviewed
in 1983 and 1984, with a follow-up interview being conducted in 1986
and 1987. The first interview elicited background information on the
two refugee samples and established baseline data on their situations
and attitudes shortly after their arrival in the United States. The
follow-up interview was designed to gauge changes in respondents'
socioeconomic situations, social relations, ethnic identities, and
attitudes. Major demographic variables include marital status, number
of children, education, present and prior occupations, date and
community of birth, prior residency in the United States, and religious
practices. Respondents were also asked about their reasons for coming
to the United States, plans to change residency, perceptions of
discrimination in the United States, and aspirations concerning future
occupations, salary, education, and opportunities to reach their goals.
The follow-up interview expanded upon or recorded changes in these
areas and also added items on perception of problems in the United
States, ethnicity of social relationships and neighborhood,
satisfaction with living in the United States, plans to return to their
homeland, languages spoken, read, and listened to, whether residence
was owned or rented, and whether the respondent had become a United
States citizen.