RCSSCI 220 Chapter 13: The Economic Characteristics of Asian Americans in the 21st Century
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The economic characteristics of asian americans in the 21st century . The asian american population has grown rapidly. Late breaking expansion due to the 1965 immigration legislation. Now asian americans constitute 5% or more of the american population. The population is best analyzed when split into three separate demographic categories. Generation 1. 0: immigrated as adults with no education in the us. Generation 1. 25: immigrated as adults with the highest level of education attained in the us. Generation 1. 5: immigrated either before high school or perhaps during primary school. Best job outcomes for generation 1. 5, followed by 1. 25, with 1. 0 in last. Asian american educational attainment exceeds white attainment. Asian population can also be thought of as asian aoic: asian alone or in. Certain asian populations have lower educational attainment. The issue isn"t just that they are from southeast asia. Malaysians and indonesians have higher degree proportions than white. The same can not be said about cambodians, laotians, and hmong.
