Living through Our Children: Exploring the Education and Career "Choices" of Racialized Immigrant Youth in Canada

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Alison; Krahn, Harvey
Titel	Living through Our Children: Exploring the Education and Career "Choices" of Racialized Immigrant Youth in Canada
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 16 (2013) 8, S.1000-1021 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
DOI	10.1080/13676261.2013.772575
Schlagwörter	Race; Career Choice; Minority Group Students; Qualitative Research; Interviews; Immigrants; Educational Attainment; Occupational Aspiration; Parent Aspiration; Employment; Family Relationship; Foreign Countries; Social Mobility; Parent Background; Youth; Parent Attitudes; Surveys; Canada; Canada (Calgary); Canada (Edmonton) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rasse; Abstammung; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Elternwille; Dienstverhältnis; Ausland; Soziale Mobilität; Elternhaus; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Elternverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Kanada
Abstract	The purpose of this paper is to explore the links between the experiences of parents and youth within racialized immigrant families to gain a better appreciation of intergenerational dynamics, drawing on interviews and preinterview surveys with 47 immigrant youth and their parents. Our thematic analysis of data explores the diversity of families' immigration experiences, labor market challenges for parents, shared family discourses of sacrifice and opportunity, and differences in youth responses to the high expectations of parents. We conclude that the life course transitions experienced by parents have important consequences for their children; immigrant youth feel a strong sense of intergenerational obligation, and this obligation is problematic for a significant minority of youth. Our qualitative findings thus temper the optimistic picture of these youth presented in large-scale studies of their aspirations and attainment. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10