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Flight into despair: a profile of recent Haitian refugees in south Florida
International migration review • 20 (2) • Published In 1986 • Pages: 329-350
By: Stepick, Alex, Portes, Alejandro.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is based on a random sample survey of recently arrived Haitians (1983-1984) using participant observation and intensive interviewing techniques. The data collected describe the individual background experiences of the migrants, their arrival and resettlement experiences, their education, knowledge of English and information about the United States, current employment status and occupation, income, public assistance, predictors of employment, occupation, and income, and their beliefs and orientations (p. 329).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External migration
- Speech
- Settlement patterns
- Income and demand
- Labor supply and employment
- Public assistance
- Ethnosociology
- Liberal arts education
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Haitian Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1983-1984
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-1984
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Miami, Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Alex Stepick ; Alejandro Portes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-350)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85645414
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Haitian Americans