title: Residential choices of immigrants in Australia.
abstract: "In recent years Asian-Australians, especially those born in Indochina, have become a target of criticism by anti-immigration groups which accuse them of choosing to live only in ¿closed societies' and ¿ethnic ghettos' in Australian cities.... Evidence presented in the article shows clearly that while immigrant groups may prefer to settle in close proximity of their family and kin for practical and/or emotional reasons, their preference is not ethnically determined.... We also show that affordability, closeness to spouse's work, and neighbourhood services, rather than family and social contacts, are important factors for Asian-born immigrants when they move." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hassan
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001315:Australia; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005843:Geography; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012922:Social Change; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Acculturation; Asians; Australia; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Destination--determinants; Developed Countries; Ethnic Groups; Geographic Factors; Immigrants; Migrants; Migration; Oceania; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Residential Selection--determinants; Social Change; Spatial Distribution