by Chong Shu-chuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-66). / Abstract also in Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / 摘要 --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.ix / Chapter / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- "Brown, Moon, and Zoloth's Decomposition" --- p.10 / Chapter 3 --- PROFILES OF HONG KONG LABOR MARKET --- p.16 / Chapter 4 --- THE SIMPLE DUMMY VARIABLE APPROACH --- p.20 / Chapter 4.1 --- Specification of Control Variables --- p.20 / Chapter 4.2 --- Empirical Results --- p.22 / Chapter 5 --- THE BLINDER-OAXACA DECOMPOSITION --- p.24 / Chapter 5.1 --- Methodology --- p.25 / Chapter 5.2 --- Specification of Control Variables --- p.28 / Chapter 5.3 --- Empirical Results --- p.29 / Chapter 6 --- "THE BROWN, MOON, AND ZOLOTH'S MODEL" --- p.33 / Chapter 6.1 --- Methodology --- p.34 / Chapter 6.2 --- General Procedure to Estimate Earnings Decomposition --- p.40 / Chapter 6.3 --- Specification of Control Variables for Multinomial Logit Model --- p.41 / Chapter 6.4 --- Specification of Control Variables for Earnings Functions --- p.41 / Chapter 6.5 --- Empirical Results --- p.42 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Multinomial Logit Model of Occupational Attainment --- p.42 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Earnings Differentials and Occupational Segregatio --- p.44 / Chapter 6.5.3 --- The Extent of Male Earnings Differentials --- p.49 / Chapter 7 --- COHORT EFFECT ON EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS --- p.51 / Chapter 7.1 --- Descriptive Statistics --- p.52 / Chapter 7.2 --- Empirical Results --- p.53 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Regression Analysis --- p.53 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition --- p.54 / Chapter 7.2.3 --- Brown et. al. Decomposition --- p.56 / Chapter 8 --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS --- p.59 / REFERENCES --- p.63 / TABLES --- p.67

This ethnographic project examines sexual communication and negotiation in the context of the political economy of migration. Using participant observation as well as in-depth and life history interviews and secondary sources, the research goals are to explicate the meanings and practices related to gender and sexuality among the transnational population of mid-life heterosexual Mexicans in New York; map ideologies and practices regarding family size and family planning, including histories of negotiation within the context of relationships and couples, embedded within processes of sexual socialization and historical-political-economic structures in the selected population; map experiences with accessing health care services, in the context of this community of low-wage, undocumented, uninsured workers; and explicate the relationships between gender, sexuality, reproduction, parenthood, and labor migration, within the political economy of Mexican migration to New York. The research population consists of Mexican-born women and men in Queens, New York City, ages twenty-two to forty-five. This project aims to contribute to our understanding of how culture changes through interactions between agents and structures; to contribute to an area of sexuality research that has received insufficient attention, which intersects the fields of gender, migration, demography, and health; to increase our understanding of sexual communication among mid-life cohabiting adult migrants; to identify gaps between service needs and utilization; and to offer suggestions on how to improve health programs and services for this emerging immigrant population.

Chan, Hing Yuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.ii / Table of Contents --- p.iii- v / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction: An Ethnographic Study of Home --- p.1 / Hong Kong Migrants in the Netherlands / Historical Background / Social Background / Fieldsite and Methodology / The CPH Elderly Club / The RCW Club / The TCS School / Methodology / Thesis Synopsis / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.23 / Locating Home in the Migratory Context / Home as Social Relations / Home as Cultural Belonging / Defining Home in the Context of Migration / Conceiving Gender in the Context of Migration / Conceiving Generation in the Context of Migration / Localization: Becoming Members of the Host Society / "Globalization, Transnationalism and Home among Migrants" / Conclusion / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Gender Matters: The Vision of Home among the First Generation Hong Kong Migrants --- p.45 / The Migration Journey of Early Hong Kong Migrants / "On Being ""Traveler-Workers""" / The Gendered Experiences of Migrants / The Gendered Consequences at and beyond Workplace / The Impact of Lineage on Visions of Home / The Kinsmen / The Married-out Daughters / Case Studies / Case 1: A Widow in Her Late 60s / Case 2: A Divorced Woman at Her 50s / Case 3: A Non-village Man / Case 4: A Typical Man from a Traditional Village Background / A Summary of the Case Studies / "Conclusion: Gender, Lineage and Home" / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Home is Where I Live: The Visions of Home among the Second Generation Migrants --- p.82 / The Characteristics of the Second Generation Migrants / Marginality of Diasporic Subjects / Being Marginal at Home and the Ancestral Homeland / """I'm a Foreigner in the Netherlands""" / """IFeel Like a Tourist at My Parents' Home""" / Dual Citizenship and Identity / Remaking Senses of Home: Three Case Studies / "Case 1: ""Home is Where My Family is Living in""" / "Case 2: ""Home is Where I Have Economic Opportunities""" / "Case 3: ""I Want to Live Away from the Muslim Migrants""" / A Summary of the Case Studies / Shifting Visions of Home: A Comparison between the First and Second / Generation Migrants / Conclusion: The Immediate Making of Home / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Establishing a Sense of Belonging to a New Home --- p.109 / Claiming Social Niche: The Indonesian Chinese Restaurants / The Community Rose from Restaurants / "Restaurants, Food and Social Niche" / Stigmatization as Strategy of Belonging / Stigmatizing Mainland Chinese Migrants / Stigmatizing Muslim Migrants / Participation in the New Home: Two Field Examples / The Multicultural Parade / The Mahjong Competition / On Cultural Citizenship: Being Members of the Host Society / The Netherlands: A Multicultural Country? / Racialization as a Social Resource / Suiting in the Popular Image of Chinese / Conclusion: Being at Home in the Host Society / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Home in Disjuncture: The Transnational Making of Home --- p.149 / Television: Consuming Connections with Hong Kong / """I Want to Watch Another Channel"": The Second Generation's Response" / Consuming Different 'Homes' under the Same Roof / The Home-Based Investments among Hong Kong Migrants / From Remittance to Investment / Investment Tactics / Investing Home / Familial Connections with Hong Kong / A Look at Filial Piety / Scene 1: A Funeral / Scene 2: A Wedding Banquet / Narratives of Filial Piety: On Being Dutiful Descendants for the Dead and Alive / Conclusion: The Multi-Faceted Meaning of Home / Chapter Chapter 7 --- Conclusion: Examining the Many Facets of Home among Hong Kong Migrants --- p.181 / "The ""Improvisation"" of Home in Different Social Contexts" / Structuration / Home and Individual roles / Home in the Local Context / Home in the Transnational Context / In Pursuit of Home: Dialogues with Current Diasporc Studies / The Territory of Diaspora / Culture as Home / A Look at Transnationalism / Concluding Remarks: Reflection on Home / Bibliography --- p.205

This study was conducted to determine how immigrants and the immigration experience are represented in current young adult (YA) literature. In the study, I asked the following questions: Who are the immigrant characters in recent YA books? Why do they come? How do they experience immigration? How are they perceived or treated by others? A content analysis methodology was used to examine, from a critical literacy viewpoint, recent young adult novels with immigration themes. Data were analyzed by identifying and interpreting patterns in themes across 22 YA novels with immigrant protagonists or other important characters, published between 2013 and 2017. Data indicated that the protagonists in the study reflected current immigration trends fairly accurately, came to the United States primarily to escape violence or persecution in their home countries, experienced a variety of challenges, tended to hold onto their home country cultures, and were often the objects of racism, but also found kindness and friendship in the United States. Teachers who desire to include authentic immigrant literature in their classroom libraries should consider from whose perspectives the books have been written, and learn about the authors' backgrounds and the messages that authors want to convey through the books that they write. In addition, immigrants can be encouraged to write children's and young adult books, sharing their experiences and contributing to the supply of realistic immigrant literature with complex and authentic immigrant characters.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 171-183).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2007. / Abstract. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 220-224).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 281-313). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 348-368). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Western Kentucky University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-117).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 348-368). Also available on the Internet.