| Assessing Cultural Assimilation of Mexican Americans: How Rapidly Do Their Gender-Role Attitudes Converge to the U.S. Mainstream? | |
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PMID: 20645464 Owner: HMD Status: In-Process |
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Objective. This study assesses the pace of cultural assimilation of Mexican Americans by comparing changes in their gender-role attitudes over generations to the European-origin U.S. mainstream.Methods. Using cumulative data from the 1972-2004 General Social Survey, we examine the rate at which progressive generations of Mexican Americans approach the mainstream gender-role attitudes. We also employ a set of logistic regressions to assess the differences in gender-role attitudes between Mexican and European Americans.Results. For five out of the eight gender-role-related questions considered in the study, Mexican Americans of the third or later generations show more liberal or egalitarian gender-role attitudes than those of the first or second generations. A comparison between Mexican and European Americans suggests that Mexican Americans in the sample have more conservative gender-role attitudes than European Americans in terms of division of labor at home and women's participation in politics.Conclusion. Mexican Americans become more likely to adopt egalitarian gender-role attitudes as generation progresses. The differences between Mexican and European Americans in terms of gender-role attitudes are sensitive to the particular domains of attitudes under consideration. |
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Dejun Su; Chad Richardson; Guang-zhen Wang |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Social science quarterly Volume: 91 ISSN: 0038-4941 ISO Abbreviation: Soc Sci Q Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2010-07-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9882225 Medline TA: Soc Sci Q Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 762-76 Citation Subset: Q |
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University of Texas-Pan American. |
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