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Factors Associated with Poverty among Refugees in the United States

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, factors associated with poverty among refugees were explored using a nationally representative sample in the United States. Relying on the social exclusion theory,) a refugee integration framework was selected as a conceptual framework of the study. Poverty was calculated based on households’ income (income poverty) and deprivation in three domains of education, health, and housing (multidimensional poverty). Multivariate models of the study identified limited English language proficiency as the strongest predictor of both income and multidimensional poverty among refugees. The findings call for more attention to English language training among refugees in the United States.

Source: Journal of Poverty

DOI: 10.1080/10875549.2022.2128974

Authors: Mitra Naseh, Miriam Potocky, Shanna L. Burke, Paul H. Stuart, Fatma G. Huffman

Institutions: Washington University in St. Louis, Florida International University

Language: English

Topic: Migration, Refugees, and Integration

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: No poverty, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4306156523

FWCI: 1.072

Cites: 56

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10