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SEARCHING FOR THE FAMILY LEGAL STATUS OF MEXICAN-ORIGIN CHILDREN: A PRIMER ON DIFFERENT MEASUREMENT STRATEGIES
R S Oropesa1, Nancy S Landale1, Marianne M Hillemeier2
1Department of Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802.
Journal of Family Issues
|August 29, 2017
Summary
Family legal status significantly impacts children's life chances. How this status is measured affects estimates of poverty risk for Mexican-origin children, highlighting the need for careful operationalization.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Demography
- Public Health
Background:
- Growing interest in family legal status due to immigration.
- Limited population-based studies on family legal status and child outcomes.
- Data limitations hinder research in this area.
Purpose of the Study:
- Identify and evaluate strategies for measuring family legal status.
- Assess the impact of measurement strategies on child life chances.
- Examine poverty risks among Mexican-origin children based on family legal status.
Main Methods:
- Utilized restricted data from the California Health Interview Survey (2009).
- Focused on Mexican-origin children.
- Evaluated different operationalizations of family legal status.
Main Results:
- Measurement strategies significantly influence findings.
- Estimates of population segments and poverty risks are sensitive to operationalization.
- Certain combinatorial approaches may rely on unproven assumptions.
Conclusions:
- The way family legal status is measured is crucial.
- Less reductionist approaches are recommended for accurate assessment.
- Findings inform future research on child well-being and immigration impacts.
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