Racial Differences in the Association between U.S. Citizenship Status and Employment Status

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Banri Saito
Banri Saito

Banri Saito is currently a sophomore at Wesleyan University (class of 2026) majoring in the College of East Asian Studies (CEAS) and Government. They have interest in the research of area studies, specifically in the East Asian context.

Abstract: The difficulty within people with backgrounds of immigration to attain employment in the U.S. have oftentimes been shown to differ from that of U.S. citizens. Using data collected within the first and fifth wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), whether U.S. citizenship status is associated with employment status was assessed. Race was additionally assessed in whether it is an additional variable associated with employment status. Although no significant associations arose from this study, there are implications that with a larger sample size, a more accurate result may be assessed in the future for racial minority (non-White) groups. The findings in this research encourage the field of political science academia to further research differences in employment status between non-U.S. citizens and U.S. citizens within each racial minority.

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