Left Out: Trust And Social Capital Among Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers
Author: Chavez, Maria L.
Date Published: 2006
This study of 555 migrant seasonal farmworkers found that this population has lower levels of generalized trust than do Hispanics nationally. The study also found that MSFWs have low levels of trust toward whites and Mexican Americans. These findings are attributed to certain characteristics of farmworkers' lives, such as lower income, low levels of education, dislocations caused by migration, and language barriers. The researches argue that an ethnic community’s subgroups must be incorporated into an analysis of social capital, especially when these individuals are likely to become U.S. permanent residents or citizens.
Date Published: 2006
This study of 555 migrant seasonal farmworkers found that this population has lower levels of generalized trust than do Hispanics nationally. The study also found that MSFWs have low levels of trust toward whites and Mexican Americans. These findings are attributed to certain characteristics of farmworkers' lives, such as lower income, low levels of education, dislocations caused by migration, and language barriers. The researches argue that an ethnic community’s subgroups must be incorporated into an analysis of social capital, especially when these individuals are likely to become U.S. permanent residents or citizens.
