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Citation (ASA Style):

Hirschman, Charles. 2001. "THE EDUCATIONAL ENROLLMENT OF IMMIGRANT
YOUTH: A TEST OF THE SEGMENTED-ASSIMILATION HYPOTHESIS."
Demography 38:317-336.

In this article the auther intends to show that there are consistly higher rates of educational
nonenrollment in Puerto Rican and other Hispanic Caribbean immigrant populations, which
are not attenuated by longer residence in the U.S.

The subjects must be immigrant or native born adolescents ages 15, 16, and 17

This analysis is based on educated enrollment from the Public Use Microdata Sample files of the
1990 U.S. Population Census. A cross-sectional study was done in order to compare all the
different ethnicities. The researcher used," duration of residence in the United States among the
first generation to obtain a proxy for the second generation (Hirschman, 2001)." The sample was
divided into 15 year olds and 17 year olds according to the year they entered the U.S.
5.What were the primary findings of the
research?
Findings proved it was rare to have nonenrollment
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nonenrollment levels. Mexican students especially were
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high. Hispanic Caribbean youths suffer serious enrollment problems while those from the West
Indies are doing as well as native born. The refugee population appear to be at risk, but it is only
El Salvador and Guatemala that have high nonenrollment rates. Most notebly nonenrollment rates
are higher among the immigrants that arrived as small children.

2.What is the primary research question or thesis of this

article?

3.What are the characteristics of the population studied? How many people, ages,
genders, race/ethnicity/nationality, professions, etc.? How were these people
selected?
6.Critique this article, discuss method, findings, analysis, writing style, or other
elements of the research project.

This research faced considerable limitations. A lot of the data was

dropped because of these limitations. Overall, the article was all over the
place. It seemed to be more hypothetical than a possible theory. I would
say that the method was reliable, but the intention was off.

4.What research method(s) was employed by the researchers? Was this appropriate for the
population and the research question? Were there limitations to this method?