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  Family RelationsVolume 55 Issue 3, Pages 345 - 360 Published Online: 13 Jun 2006 © 2009 by the National Council on Family Relations Published on behalf of the National Council on Family Relations
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 140K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  Beyond Gateway Cities: Economic Restructuring and Poverty Among Mexican Immigrant Families and Children* *A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Demographic Association, Hilton Head, North Carolina, October 2004. Support for this research was provided by a Population Center grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1 R21 HD047943-01) to Ohio State's Initiative in Population Research and by a research grant (1 R01 HD43035-01) to Z.Q., principal investigator. Copyright 2006 by the National Council on Family Relations KEYWORDS ethnicity/race issues • Hispanic families • poverty • refugee/immigrant populations • rural family ABSTRACTAbstract: We used data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples to document poverty rates among native-born and foreign-born Mexicans living in the southwest and in new regions where many Mexican families have resettled. Our analysis focused on how changing patterns of employment have altered the risk of poverty among Mexican families and children. We demonstrate that the Mexican population dispersed widely throughout the United States during the 1990s and that Mexican workers, especially immigrants, residing outside the southwest had much lower rates of poverty. Yet, a rapid influx of Mexican immigrants is putting strain on communities struggling to meet their needs. We offer suggestions for family practitioners serving Mexican newcomers, whose circumstances differ greatly from those of local populations. Received: 05 April 2006; Accepted: 02 June 2006; | 
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