English Language Skills, Ethnic Concentration, and Household Composition: Older Mexican Immigrants
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English language skills, ethnic concentration, and household composition: older Mexican immigrants.
OBJECTIVES The authors examine the living arrangements of older Mexican immigrants to demonstrate how the formation of complex households is related to English language proficiency. Specifically, they examine whether the ability to use the English language is a determinant of an older Mexican immigrant persons' capacity to maintain residential independence. They also examine how living in commu...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.2.s83