Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-200).

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2000. Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 218-230). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ67738.

Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2007. Graduate Programme in Geography. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-225). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR29555

Thesis--University of Washington. / Vita. Another copy has number: Thesis 26894. Bibliography: leaves [164]-169.

Widespread media reports have described an increase in heat-related deaths among undocumented immigrant border crossers in Southern Arizona in recent years. The factual basis and important risk factors associated with these deaths have not been well studied. Although, the most common cause of heat fatalities is environmental exposure during heat waves, deserts of the southwestern USA are known for temperatures that exceed this threshold for 30 days or more. Heat-related fatalities, however, have been and continue to be rare among residents of the region. Undocumented immigration across the US-Mexico border into Arizona has likely been robust for decades, although accurate measures of the volume are not available due to its covert nature. This thesis research focuses on the occurrence and distribution of heat deaths among undocumented US-Mexico border crossers in Pima County, Arizona. Implications of this work include improving future research, informing public health policy and planning of prevention strategies.

There is some evidence suggesting that the rate of breastfeeding initiation is lower among particular ethnic or cultural groups who have immigrated to Canada and South Asian women comprise one of these groups. Given the evidence that breastfeeding is important in promoting infant health and maternal health, it is important to understand factors that influence breastfeeding initiation among South Asian immigrant women. This descriptive exploratory study investigated the following research question: What are South Asian women's perceptions about the social, socio-economic, personal and acculturation factors that influence their initiation of breastfeeding? The study explored factors that could influence the initiation of breastfeeding among primiparous South Asian immigrant women who have immigrated to Canada. It was informed in part by the conceptual framework used by Kong and Lee (2004), whose study investigated factors that influenced 252 first-time mothers in their decision-making about whether or not to breastfeed. A convenience sample of 15 subjects was interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide with 10 questions. Data were transcribed and analyzed using inductive constant comparative analysis. The following themes emerged: the representation of breastfeeding, vicarious learning about breastfeeding, family influences, spiritual connection, breaking with tradition, resisting the moral mandate, deferring to medical authority, transition to work and cultural mores. With respect to the findings, implications are discussed for nursing research, theory and education.

Title: Integration of unemployed immigrants into the labor market in Gävle Authors: Ibrahim Adan Issack and Ekaterina Ivanova The aim of this study was to investigate unemployed immigrant’s description of how they perceive the labor market in Gävle. Qualitative method face-to-face interviews were used to gather data. The results of this study shows that an unemployed immigrant seems to encounter hinders and opportunities in the labor market. The following five issues were described as being most important in influencing immigrants’ employment opportunities in Gävle: Swedish language knowledge, previous education, discrimination, social network and family situation. Ecological system theory and previous research were used to analyze the gathered results.  Key words: integration, immigrant, labor market.

This paper studies the difference of life satisfaction profiles between Canadian immigrants and native-born Canadians. In particular, the thesis asks how years of residence in Canada affect the immigrant life satisfaction profile. Using microdata from the 2007 Canadian Health Community Survey, ordered probit and OLS models are employed to estimate the “life satisfaction equation”. The results show that immigrants reach their turning point in the U-shaped life satisfaction profile at age 50 for men and age 42 for women. This is 5 years later than native-born men, and 2 year earlier than native-born women. Further, the life satisfaction levels for immigrants are significantly lower than their native-born counterparts. The value of the low points from the U-shaped profile is 0.39 (on a 5-point scale) lower for immigrant men and 0.42 lower for immigrant women. Also, long-established immigrants (?10 years), have a slightly higher life satisfaction than recent immigrants (<10 years). / N/A

This paper studies how proficiency in host countries’ official languages affects immigrants’ earnings in destination countries. An earnings gap is found between Canadian-born and immigrant workers in Canadian labor market. Taking advantage of rich information about language use from the Ethnic Diversity Survey, language spoken at work, home, EDS interview, with friends, spouses and children are included in an attempt to reduce the earnings gap. Among all languages examined, individuals who speak English have the highest earnings in each context. Results also show that language spoken at home has the greatest effects on immigrants’ earnings in Canada as the gap is eliminated when home languages are controlled in the model. Immigrants who speak English at home benefit from extra practice with families, which helps them become more fluent faster. Potential policy implication implies both timely and monetary investment in language training is useful for helping immigrants settle down in Canada. / N/A

Markus och Kitayama definierar oberoende jag som ett jag som är självständig och separat från andra individer. Kollektivt jag definieras som ett sammankopplat till andra individer. Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilka upplevelser kring identitet som en person med invandrarbakgrund har. Målet var även att undersöka vad som påverkade individens upplevelser kring identiteten. Åtta intervjuer genomfördes genom chat, där deltagarnas ålder varierade mellan 20-46 år. Deltagarnas bakgrund varierade även, och samtliga deltagare var födda i ett annat land än Sverige. Resultat visade att deltagarna kunde vara både flexibla och rigida i sina identiteter beroende på situationen. Deltagarna upplevde flexibilitet i den praktiska dimensionen som definierar det sociala livet. Detta innebär att deltagarna kunde anpassa sig efter situationen och upplevde att de kände sig svenska. I den andra sammanhang hade deltagarna svårigheter att anpassa sig efter den svenska kulturen då banden till den egna kulturen var starka.