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Socioeconomic Attainments Of Africans Versus African-Americans In The United States, Azeb Berhane
Socioeconomic Attainments Of Africans Versus African-Americans In The United States, Azeb Berhane
Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations
Using data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) of the 2000 U.S. census, the socioeconomic attainments of African immigrants was compared to African Americans in the United States. This comparison was made within the context of assimilation perspective, human capital perspective, and the family investment model. Consistent with previous research findings, the current study found that African immigrants have higher educational attainments than African-Americans in the United States. However, when breaking down the African group by country of birth, African-Americans were found to have higher educational attainments than a few African countries. Generally, the results reveal that African …