THE EFFECT OF NATIVE-LANGUAGE RETENTION AND INSECURITY ON ASIAN INDIAN FERTILITY IN THE UNITED-STATES

Authors
KOHLI V
Citation
V. Kohli, THE EFFECT OF NATIVE-LANGUAGE RETENTION AND INSECURITY ON ASIAN INDIAN FERTILITY IN THE UNITED-STATES, The Journal of social psychology, 138(3), 1998, pp. 358-367
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
The Journal of social psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00224545
Volume
138
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
358 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4545(1998)138:3<358:TEONRA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The relationship of social/psychological insecurity and native-languag e retention to fertility was explored among a nationally representativ e sample of 3,408 endogamously wed Asian Indian women living in the Un ited States. Native-language retention had a negative impact on Asian Indian women's fertility that cannot be explained by the normative dim ension of the minority group status hypothesis (Goldscheider & Uhlenbe rg, 1969); therefore, alternative explanations for minority fertility differentials are required.