Immigrant Youth Have Significantly Lower Rates of Externalizing Behavior than Native-Born Americans: Differences by Region of Birth
Immigrant Youth Have Significantly Lower Rates of Externalizing Behavior than Native-Born Americans: Differences by Region of Birth
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移民青年的外化行为率显着低于本土出生的美国人：不同出生地区的差异
DOI：
10.1007/s10903-018-0786-6
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Kristen P. Kremer
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作者：
Theodore R Kremer;Kimberly Sutton;Kristen P. Kremer
很大一部分美国人认为移民会增加犯罪率。尽管过去的研究没有发现移民身份与犯罪行为有关，但出于安全考虑，美国的移民政策历来基于某些群体的出生地而歧视他们。本研究的目的是检验移民出生地在外化行为上的差异。数据来自幼儿纵向研究-幼儿园队列(ECLS-K)，这是一项对21260名幼儿园教师进行的具有全国代表性的纵向研究。运用泊松回归模型，从移民身份和父母出生地区两个方面对五年级学生的外化行为进行预测。分析控制了儿童和家庭的人口统计特征，并通过ECLS-K提供的概率权重和主要抽样单位进行了调整。在控制家庭收入和父母受教育程度后，移民青年的外化行为得分比美国本土青年低0.04分(B = − 0.04，95%CI− 0.06至− 0.01)。在考虑不同地区的差异时，在控制协变量后，来自亚洲(B = − 0.12，95%CI− 0.17至− 0.07)和中美洲(B = − 0.10，95%CI− 0.14至− 0.05)的青少年的外化行为显著低于美国本土青少年。在五年级，移民青年的外化行为发生率显著低于土生土长的美国人。特别是，来自亚洲和中美洲的移民青年比土生土长的美国人从事的外化行为要少得多。没有一个原籍地区比土生土长的年轻人从事更多的外化行为。
A large proportion of Americans have the opinion that immigrants increase crime. Although past research has not found immigrant status to be associated with criminal behavior, American immigration policy has historically discriminated against certain groups based on their region of birth due to safety concerns. The purpose of the present study was to examine differences in externalizing behavior by immigrant’s region of birth. Data was used from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K), a nationally representative and longitudinal study of 21,260 kindergarteners. A series of Poisson regression models were used to predict externalizing behavior of fifth grade students from immigrant status and parent’s region of birth. Analyses controlled for demographic characteristics of the child and family and were adjusted by probability weights and primary sampling unit provided by the ECLS-K. After controlling for family income and parents’ educational status, immigrant youth had 0.04 lower externalizing behavior scores compared to native-born American youth (B = − 0.04, 95% CI − 0.06 to − 0.01). When considering differences by region of origin, youth from Asia (B = − 0.12, 95% CI − 0.17 to − 0.07) and Central America (B = − 0.10, 95% CI − 0.14 to − 0.05) had significantly lower externalizing behavior compared to native-born American youth, after controlling for covariates. In fifth grade, immigrant youth have significantly lower rates of externalizing behavior than native-born Americans. In particular, immigrant youth from Asia and Central America engaged in significantly less externalizing behavior than native-born Americans. No region of origin engaged in significantly more externalizing behavior than native-born youth.