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Table 4. Self-reported "Race" of Children of Immigrants and their Parents, by National Origin Groups
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Self-reported Race* |
| National
Origin |
Respondent |
White |
Black |
Asian |
Multiracial |
Hispanic, Latino |
Nationality as race |
Other |
|
(Parent/Child) |
Percent |
Percent |
Percent |
Percent |
Percent |
Percent |
Percent |
| Latin American |
Parent |
58.1 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
14.7 |
6.4 |
8.3 |
9.8 |
| Child |
21.9 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
12.1 |
41.0 |
19.6 |
4.6 |
| Mexico |
Parent |
5.7 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
21.6 |
15.9 |
26.1 |
28.5 |
| Child |
1.5 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
12.0 |
25.5 |
56.2 |
4.5 |
| Cuba |
Parent |
93.1 |
1.1 |
0.3 |
2.5 |
1.1 |
0.5 |
1.4 |
| Child |
41.2 |
0.8 |
0.0 |
11.5 |
36.0 |
5.5 |
4.9 |
| Dominican Republic |
Parent |
30.6 |
11.1 |
0.0 |
44.4 |
0.0 |
5.6 |
8.3 |
| Child |
13.9 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
13.9 |
55.6 |
8.3 |
5.6 |
| El Salvador, Guatemala |
Parent |
66.7 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
16.7 |
8.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Child |
20.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
12.5 |
58.3 |
4.2 |
4.2 |
| Nicaragua |
Parent |
67.7 |
0.5 |
1.6 |
22.0 |
5.4 |
0.5 |
2.2 |
| Child |
19.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
9.7 |
61.8 |
2.7 |
6.5 |
| Other Central America |
Parent |
48.0 |
24.0 |
4.0 |
20.0 |
0.0 |
4.0 |
0.0 |
| Child |
8.0 |
8.0 |
0.0 |
40.0 |
44.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Colombia |
Parent |
84.6 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
9.9 |
2.2 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
| Child |
24.2 |
1.1 |
0.0 |
9.9 |
58.2 |
1.1 |
5.5 |
| Perú, Ecuador |
Parent |
61.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
26.5 |
2.9 |
2.9 |
5.9 |
| Child |
32.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
11.8 |
55.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| Other South America |
Parent |
87.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
6.1 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
| Child |
28.6 |
2.0 |
0.0 |
14.3 |
40.8 |
14.3 |
0.0 |
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Sources: Portes, Alejandro, and Rubén G. Rumbaut. 2001. Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation. Berkeley and New York: University of California Press; Russell Sage Foundation.
Rumbaut, Rubén G. 2005. "Sites of Belonging: Acculturation, Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity among Children of Immigrants." Pp. 111-163. In Discovering Successful Pathways in Children’s Development: New Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life, edited by Thomas S. Weisner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Notes: * Figures are row percentages. Interviews with immigrant parents and their teenage children were done separately, using the same question on racial identity. "White," "Black," "Asian," and "Multiracial" were fixed responses; all "Others" were open-ended entries.
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