title: Female immigrants: a socioeconomic portrait.
abstract: "In this study, we supplement the limited knowledge about immigrant women by documenting their presence in the U.S. immigration flow and their socioeconomic standing. In doing so we review some of the theoretical explanations for female international migration.... We use two measures of inequality. First, the standing of immigrant women relative to native women; second, evaluation of the standing of immigrant women relative to immigrant men."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States; D014933:Women's Rights
keywords: Americas; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Immigrants--women; Inequalities; International Migration--women; Migrants; Migration; Nationality; Native-born; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status--women; Studies; United States; Women's Status