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An investigation of Residential Overcrowding of Three Asian Ethnic Groups in the US  

이성우 (서울대학교 지역사회개발전공)
조중구 (서울대학교 지역사회개발전공)
류성호 (미국 남가주대학교(USC) 도시 및 지역계획학과)
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Korea journal of population studies / v.25, no.2, 2002 , pp. 163-192 More about this Journal
Abstract
Residential overcrowding, also called density, measured as more than one person per room, is a important variable as a principal indicator of inadequate housing. We investigated how immigrants in the US are assimilated to the host society through a lens of housing density. We estimated the probability of living in overcrowded housing of Korean, Chinese and Japanese immigrants armored with the 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample(PUMS, A, 5%) in the US. Along with economic effects, we also consider life-cycle effects on the indicator. We applied "double cohort" method that enables duration of immigration effects to be separated from aging effects, which captures family size fluctuations due to life-cycle effects. The study found that cohort trends sharply changed during 10years. The 1970's immigrants are more likely to live in overcrowded housing than the pre-1970 immigrants. The pre-1970 immigrants are more likely to live in overcrowded housing than native-born persons. This may be explained by different assimilation processes driven by the disparities of individual human capitals or cultural differences among the ethnic groups. Especially, Korean experienced a sharp decline in overcrowding between 1980 and 1990. We also found that the major determinants that affect the level of housing density are years since migration, income, and gender. The present study concluded with some future studies related to the Korean immigrants abroad.ts abroad.
Keywords
residential overcrowding; immigrants; assimilation; double cohort method; Asian ethnic groups;
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