Funded Research
The Language Assimilation and Schooling Outcomes of Children Born to African Immigrant Parents
Source: Russell Sage Foundation
Active: 10/01/2008 - 08/31/2010
Investigator(s):
Kevin J.A. Thomas
In this study, attention is given to the language and schooling outcomes of children between ages 10 and 19, who have African immigrant parents. Using data from a 5% sample of the 2000 US census, the study attempts to achieve two objectives. First, it examines the linguistic assimilation of first and second generation children with parents from Africa's diverse linguistic regions. A second objective of this study is to examine the likelihood of schooling dropout among the children of Africans in order to assess the determinants their educational integration into the US society. The study will therefore consider the likely effects of family structure, socioeconomic status, and children's generational status, and investigate the ways in which these factors affect language assimilation and likelihood schooling dropout among children of Africans.
