title: Patterns of household immigration into South Texas.
abstract: This article examines Mexican migration into South Texas in recent decades and focuses on changes in the characteristics of the migrants' households.  An ethnographic approach is used in examining 56 permanent, immigrant households.  "This article introduces a hypothesis for explaining the increase and permanency of household immigration."  It is found that "immigration often leads to downward social mobility with respect to legal status of household members, type of employment, and property ownership.  Of particular note is the transformation of the household from a single to a multiple worker unit, in response to agricultural labor demands and growing employment opportunities in the non-agricultural sector."
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Briody
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000569:Americas; D002489:Central America; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006280:Health Workforce; D007843:Latin America; D008800:Mexico; D009656:North America; D009790:Occupations; D010067:Ownership; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013781:Texas; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Agricultural Workers; Americas; Central America; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household--changes; Human Resources; International Migration; Labor Force; Latin America; Manpower Needs; Mexico; Migrants; Migration; North America; Northern America; Occupational Status; Occupations; Ownership; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Settlement And Resettlement; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--changes; Texas; United States