A summary period measure of immigrant advancement in the U.S.
Demographic ResearchPublished 11 February 2011Open access
John Pitkin, Dowell Myers
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This paper proposes a method for summarizing the pace of advancement of the foreign-born population in a given period. The method standardizes for variations in the duration of residence or age composition of immigrant groups, attainments possessed by
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