Educational Attainments of Immigrant Offspring: Success or Segmented Assimilation?

Examined the educational attainments of adult offspring of immigrants age 20-64 years, analyzing data from Canada's 1996 Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. Contrary to second generation decline and segmented underclass assimilation found in the United States, Canadian adult visible-minority immigrant offspring did not have lower educational attainments than their parents or their not-visible-minority counterparts. (Contains references.) (SM)