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1. Determinants of perceived integration among Chinese migrant mothers living in low-income communities of Hong Kong: Implications for social service practitioners.

Author

Ho, Wing-Chung, Nor, Linda Tjia Yin, and Wu, Joseph

Subjects
*CHI-squared test, *CHINESE people, *STATISTICAL correlation, *CULTURE, *HOPE, *IMMIGRANTS, *MARRIAGE, *MATHEMATICAL models, *MOTHERS, *PATH analysis (Statistics), *POVERTY, *GENDER role, *SOCIAL case work, *SOCIAL isolation, *STATISTICAL hypothesis testing, *SOCIAL stigma, *SURVEYS, *THEORY, *QUANTITATIVE research, *SOCIAL support, *SOCIOECONOMIC factors, *DATA analysis software, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Abstract

With visions of a better life through transnational marriage, women immigrants are often quickly disappointed when they are faced with social isolation as a result of heavy household responsibilities. The current study investigates 506 Chinese migrant mothers living in areas of concentrated poverty in Hong Kong. Using path analysis the study examines how several exogenous variables, such as marital contentment, household finances, and social support, predict perceived integration into the host society, and how hope for a better future might mediate the relationship between these variables and perceived integration. The results of the study have implications for social service practice in low-income neighborhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2014
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