PSIMH Research Project: Attitudes Toward Immigration in a Community-Based Sample from Michigan
Author: Hovey, Joseph D.
The purposes of the present study were to examine socio-demographic predictors of attitudes toward immigration in a community-based sample (N=340) from the southeast Michigan area; and to explore the relationship between attitudes toward immigration and the providing of educational and health services to the children of undocumented immigrants. Attitudes toward immigration were measured with the Attitudes Toward Immigration Scale (ATIS). The providing of services was measured through the participants' evaluations of a school scenario and a health care scenario. The findings revealed that participants who were middle-aged of older, less educated, identified as Republican, and were third generation or greater were more likely to hold negative attitudes toward immigration. Participants holding negative attitudes toward immigration were less likely to provide education and health care services to the children of undocumented immigrants
The purposes of the present study were to examine socio-demographic predictors of attitudes toward immigration in a community-based sample (N=340) from the southeast Michigan area; and to explore the relationship between attitudes toward immigration and the providing of educational and health services to the children of undocumented immigrants. Attitudes toward immigration were measured with the Attitudes Toward Immigration Scale (ATIS). The providing of services was measured through the participants' evaluations of a school scenario and a health care scenario. The findings revealed that participants who were middle-aged of older, less educated, identified as Republican, and were third generation or greater were more likely to hold negative attitudes toward immigration. Participants holding negative attitudes toward immigration were less likely to provide education and health care services to the children of undocumented immigrants
