Gurak Douglas T, Kritz Mary M
Res Aging. 2010 Sep;32(5):567-594. doi: 10.1177/0164027510377160.
This study examines the relative importance of demographic, resource, and assimilation statuses in explaining the living arrangements of foreign- and native-born Asian and Hispanic elders from 11 origins in 2000 and accounting for why these groups have higher levels of extended living than native-born Whites. Drawing on the 2000 Public Use Microdata 5% Sample (PUMS) files and using logistic regression, the findings show that demographic characteristics are the major determinants of elderly extended living, followed by resource availability, assimilation, and group origin. Assimilation, on the other hand, is the major determinant of group differences between native White and Asian and Hispanic elders. While findings provide support for assimilation theory, the persistence of differentials across Asian and Hispanic groups after controlling for model covariates, and modest increases in extended living for most native-born Asian and Hispanic groups as well as native Whites in the 1990s underscores the enduring nature of ethnic diversity in living arrangements.
本研究考察了人口统计学特征、资源状况和同化状况在解释2000年来自11个原籍的外国出生和本地出生的亚洲及西班牙裔老年人的居住安排方面的相对重要性，并说明了为何这些群体的大家庭生活水平高于本地出生的白人。利用2000年5%公共使用微观数据样本（PUMS）文件并运用逻辑回归分析，研究结果表明，人口统计学特征是老年人大家庭生活的主要决定因素，其次是资源可得性、同化程度和群体原籍。另一方面，同化是本地白人以及亚洲和西班牙裔老年人之间群体差异的主要决定因素。虽然研究结果为同化理论提供了支持，但在控制模型协变量后，亚洲和西班牙裔群体之间的差异依然存在，并且在20世纪90年代，大多数本地出生的亚洲和西班牙裔群体以及本地白人的大家庭生活略有增加，这凸显了居住安排中种族多样性的持久特性。
