Parental Involvement Among First- and Second-Generation Latin Immigrants to the United States

• In Event: 3148 - Parenthood I: Racial Socialization and Parenting Decisions

Abstract

Immigration to a new country often involves significant changes in parenting norms and behaviors. The authors take an acculturation lens to explore parental involvement among different generations of Latin-American immigrant families. It compares the quantity and type of parental involvement of first- and second-generation Latin-American immigrants to that of third-generation Americans, while examining whether differences exist between mothers and fathers. Data from 2003-2013 American Time Use Survey are used for our analysis, which finds differences between parenting behaviors of first-generation Latina-American immigrants and third-generation American mothers. Second-generation Latina-American mothers were also found to be significantly different from third-generation Americans in almost every type of parental involvement, but Latino-American fathers were similar to third-generation American fathers in quantity and type of parental involvement.

Authors

• Esra Sahin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Qiujie Gong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Karen Z. Kramer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign