title: Household transitions in the migrations of Dominicans and Colombians to New York.
abstract: "Using life history survey data, we examined the correlates of change in the composition of Dominican and Colombian immigrant co-residential households [in New York City] at three points in time--prior to migration, just after migration and at the time of the survey.  We found that there is considerable heterogeneity in the patterns of household transitions, although the majority of both Dominican and Colombian households at the time of the survey were nuclear family households.  Dominican women tended to have made transitions into single-parent households by the time of the survey. Background and migration characteristics influence the pattern of household transitions, but fail to explain the ethnic and gender differences."
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gilbertson
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Gurak
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003105:Colombia; D003469:Culture; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004293:Dominican Republic; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D007843:Latin America; D009518:New York; D009656:North America; D009679:Nuclear Family; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D020954:Single-Parent Family; D013020:South America; D013997:Time Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Caribbean; Colombia; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Dominican Republic; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Geographic Factors; Households; International Migration; Latin America; Living Arrangements; Migrants; Migration; New York; North America; Northern America; Nuclear Family; One Parent Family; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Sex Factors; South America; Spatial Distribution; Time Factors; United States