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The Effects of Gendered Social Capital on U.S. Migration: A Comparison of Four Latin American Countries

Overview of attention for article published in Demography, May 2015
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Title
The Effects of Gendered Social Capital on U.S. Migration: A Comparison of Four Latin American Countries
Published in
Demography, May 2015
DOI 10.1007/s13524-015-0396-z
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Authors

Rochelle R. Côté, Jessica Eva Jensen, Louise Marie Roth, Sandra M. Way

Abstract

This article contributes to understandings of gendered social capital by analyzing the effects of gendered ties on the migration of men and women from four Latin American countries (Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic) to the United States. The research theorizes the importance of strong and weak ties to men and women in each sending country as a product of the gender equity gap in economic participation (low/high) and incidence of female-led families (low/high). The findings reveal that ties to men increase the odds of migration from countries where gender equity and incidence of female-led families are low, while ties to women are more important for migration from countries where gender equity and female-led families are high. Previous research on migration and social capital details the importance of network ties for providing resources and the role of gender in mediating social capital quality and access to network support. Results reveal that not only are different kinds of ties important to female and male migration, but migrants from different countries look to different sources of social capital for assistance.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 68 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 19%
Student > Master 10 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 10%
Researcher 5 7%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Other 10 15%
Unknown 19 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 23 34%
Psychology 7 10%
Business, Management and Accounting 3 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 4%
Other 7 10%
Unknown 22 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 May 2015.
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#13,373,196
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#1,679
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#121,933
of 265,962 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Demography
#15
of 20 outputs
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