IMMIGRANT FAMILY SEPARATION, FEAR, AND THE U.S. DEPORTATION REGIME

In 2018, President Trump changed a long-standing policy of keeping families who cross the United States border together; instead, he ordered that parents be detained separately from children, drawing a national outcry that led to his administration walking back the practice. Drawing on 50 in-depth interviews with undocumented young adults in the state of Florida, USA, we argue that the practice of family separation through immigration policy is not new. We illustrate how our sample’s undocumented status puts them at risk for family separation under the current ‘deportation regime’ that creates a heightened and all-encompassing fear about the possibility of family separation

Modelo de indicadores de calidad de las universidades

Quién lee ahora a Ortega y Gasset? NO se lee ya su Misión de la Universidad, a pesar de que todavía sorprende por su modernidad. Se publica casi al mismo tiempo que La rebelión de las masas, quizás su libro más leído en el mundo. ORTEGA intuye que la universidad tiene tres funciones: docencia, investigación y compromiso. La universidad se dedica a preservar y avanzar el conocimiento. La docencia es su misión principal. Pero además tiene que ser «ciencia» en el sentido de realizar investigación, de inquirir sobre los problemas científicos

Unhealthy weight among children in Spain and the role of the home environment

Objective: Unhealthy weight is a major global health concern. This study examines unhealthy weight among children in Spain and the role of the home environment therein. Data are from a 2010 national survey of families with children. We examined unhealthy weight among children ages 5-10 years using the WHO Child Growth Standards and used multivariate logistic regression to assess associations with family characteristics. Results: There was a high prevalence of unhealthy weight, with only 46% of children at normal weight. Both underweight and obesity were higher among boys (14%; 22%) than girls (13%; 12%). Underweight and obesity were higher among children of mothers with obesity and those with unemployed parents. Obesity was higher among children of mothers who were less educated (35%) and among children of immigrants (19%). We find high levels of unhealthy weight in children, with both underweight and obesity being predicted by the same family environment characteristics

AMISTADES CO-ÉTNICAS E INTER-ÉTNICAS EN LA ADOLESCENCIA: DIFERENCIAS EN CALIDAD, CONFLICTO Y RESOLUCIÓN DE PROBLEMAS

In recent years, the mass arrival of foreign population of school age in Catalonia has increased cultural diversity in the classroom. In this context, friends are an important support that contributes to better integration. The aim of this study was to describe and compare inter-ethnic and co-ethnic friendship relations in terms of their friendship quality, conflict, and problem solving strategies. The sample is drawn from secondary school students in schools with significant presence of immigrants. Ninety students in 45 friendship dyads participated in a semi-structured interview. In total, the sample includes 20 dyads of co-ethnic friendships and 25 dyads of inter-ethnic friendships.Results show that for co-ethnic dyads the most important friendship valuesare trust and companionship. Among inter-ethnic friendships it is trust andsupport. In co-ethnic dyads conflict occurs due to disagreements that resultin anger or sadness. Inter-ethnic dyads are similar in their reports of conflict, but they also emphasize lack of loyalty as a reason of conflict. Both types of dyads use similar strategies for conflict resolution: to talk about what happened, which brings them a sense of relief and comfort, which in turn increases ease and wellbeing. These results unveil the need to promote spaces for integration that can generate dyadic friendship relations in educational contexts of cultural diversity.En los últimos años, la llegada masiva de población extranjera en edad escolar a Cataluña ha incrementado la diversidad cultural en las aulas. En este contexto, los amigos son un soporte importante que contribuye a una mejor integración. El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar y comparar los valores que definen la calidad, el conflicto y sus formas de resolución en amistades co-étnicas e inter-étnicas de adolescentes en Institutos de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria, con presencia significativa de estudiantes de origen extranjero.Para ello se realizó una entrevista semiestructurada. Participaron 90 estudiantes correspondientes a 45 diadas; 20 diadas de amigos co-étnicos y 25 de amigos inter-étnicos. Los resultados evidencian que para diadas co-étnicas los valores más importantes son la confianza y la compañía y para diadas inter-étnicas la confianza y la ayuda. Los amigos de ambos tipos de diadas refieren que los conflictos ocurren por desacuerdos generando sentimientos de enfado o tristeza. Adicionalmente, las diadas inter-étnicas destacan que la falta de lealtad es un motivo que pone en peligro la amistad. Ambos tipos de diadas utilizan estrategias similares en la resolución de sus diferencias, primero intentan hablar de lo sucedido para llegar a un acuerdo y esto en general les trae sensaciones de alivio, se sienten reconfortados por mantener su relación intacta y poder continuar disfrutando de la compañía de su amigo, aumentando la tranquilidad y el bienestar personal. Estos resultados dejan al descubierto que es necesario promover espacios para la integración que permitan generar relaciones de amistad diádica en contextos educativos de diversidad cultural

With the help of my friends: Best friends and the educational outcomes of Hispanic ethnic youth

Any high school student will admit that their friends are very important to them. But how much do friends make a difference in students\u27 lives, especially with regard to their school outcomes? Past research indicates that individual and structural characteristics alone do not explain the educational gap; closely examining the role of school friendships provides a promising new approach to this troubling issue. My dissertation demonstrates that best friends mediate the relationship between individuals\u27 background characteristics and school settings, structuring how the student adapts and performs in school. I develop an integrated theoretical framework that considers the characteristics of students (and their families), the educational institutions they attend, and their closest social ties at schools-their best friends. The data for my dissertation comes from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a nationally representative study of adolescents in U.S. schools. My dissertation focuses on the relationship between friendship choices and school outcomes, comparing white adolescents with Hispanic youth of diverse ethnic origins. The principal questions addressed are: How do best friends of Hispanic adolescents shape their educational experiences? And, are there differential benefits from their friendships for Hispanic students compared to White students? Hispanics are the largest minority in this country, are growing at a faster rate, are younger on average than the general U.S. population, and they continue to migrate to this country. Most worrisome is that Hispanic high school students are becoming the most disadvantaged group in the U.S. and have the highest high school dropout rates and lowest schooling rates of any racial/ethnic group. Still, studies comparing white and Hispanic youth are scarce. My dissertation demonstrates that friendships provide important resources that reflect on the educational outcomes of the individuals. In addition, my findings support the claim that Hispanics are a heterogeneous group and this is manifest in both their friendship choices as well as their educational outcomes

With the help of my friends: Best friends and the educational outcomes of Hispanic ethnic youth

Any high school student will admit that their friends are very important to them. But how much do friends make a difference in students\u27 lives, especially with regard to their school outcomes? Past research indicates that individual and structural characteristics alone do not explain the educational gap; closely examining the role of school friendships provides a promising new approach to this troubling issue. My dissertation demonstrates that best friends mediate the relationship between individuals\u27 background characteristics and school settings, structuring how the student adapts and performs in school. I develop an integrated theoretical framework that considers the characteristics of students (and their families), the educational institutions they attend, and their closest social ties at schools-their best friends. The data for my dissertation comes from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a nationally representative study of adolescents in U.S. schools. My dissertation focuses on the relationship between friendship choices and school outcomes, comparing white adolescents with Hispanic youth of diverse ethnic origins. The principal questions addressed are: How do best friends of Hispanic adolescents shape their educational experiences? And, are there differential benefits from their friendships for Hispanic students compared to White students? Hispanics are the largest minority in this country, are growing at a faster rate, are younger on average than the general U.S. population, and they continue to migrate to this country. Most worrisome is that Hispanic high school students are becoming the most disadvantaged group in the U.S. and have the highest high school dropout rates and lowest schooling rates of any racial/ethnic group. Still, studies comparing white and Hispanic youth are scarce. My dissertation demonstrates that friendships provide important resources that reflect on the educational outcomes of the individuals. In addition, my findings support the claim that Hispanics are a heterogeneous group and this is manifest in both their friendship choices as well as their educational outcomes

The Multiple Dimensions of Transnationalism: Examining their Relevance to Immigrants’ Subjective Well-Being

Using data from a random representative survey of South Florida immigrants (n=1,268), our research examines different facets of transnationalism and how they relate to a typically overlooked component of immigrant incorporation–subjective well-being. We examine separately the affective and evaluative components of immigrants’ well-being in their country of reception—the United States—by differentiating between self-reported emotional well-being and self-reported satisfaction with life in the U.S. Findings support that the kinds and frequency of connections that immigrants maintain with the home country are important factors for understanding immigrants’ subjective well-being

Pruebas de bondad de ajuste para la distribución gumbel con datos censurados por la derecha tipo ii

En este artículo se proponen pruebas de bondad de ajuste para la distribución Gumbel para datos censurados por la derecha Tipo II. Una prueba se basa en trabajos previos en los que se modifica la información de Kullback- Leibler para datos censurados. Las otras pruebas se basan en el coeficiente de correlación muestral y en conceptos de análisis de supervivencia. Los valores críticos se obtuvieron mediante simulación Monte Carlo para diferentes tamaños de muestras y porcentajes de censura. La potencia de la pruebas se compararon bajo varias alternativas. Los resultados de la simulación muestran que la prueba basada en la Divergencia de Kullback-Leibler es superior a las pruebas de correlación en términos de potencia.In this article goodness of fit tests for the Gumbel distribution with type II right censored data are proposed. One test is based in earlier works using the Kullback Leibler information modified for censored data. The other tests are based on the sample correlation coefficient and survival analysis concepts. The critical values of the tests were obtained by Monte Carlo simulation for different sample sizes and percentages of censored data. The powers of the proposed tests were compared under several alternatives. The simulation results show that the test based on the Kullback-Leibler information is superior in terms of power to the correlation te