Well-being of Youth/Migrant/Seasonal Farmworker Families

青年/移民/季节工家庭的福祉

• 批准号: 6905782
• 负责人: JILL FINDEIS
• 金额: $ 7.25万
• 依托单位: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2007-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6905782
• 关键词: academic achievement; adolescence (12-20); agriculture worker; behavioral /social science research tag; career; clinical research; employment /unemployment; expectancy; family; focus groups; goal oriented behavior; human subject; interview; migrant; quality of life; seasons

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed pilot project focuses needed attention on the youth of migrant and seasonal farm worker families in America. This population and the families who support them remain largely hidden from our view, despite suffering from poverty, poor health and nutrition, unsafe working and living conditions, low job security, and constrained educational opportunities. It is likely that the children and youth in migrant or seasonal farm worker families face significant obstacles as they develop, attempt to assimilate into U.S. society, and make the transition to adulthood in America, yet surprisingly little is known about them. The proposed project will provide needed information on how the individual, familial, and contextual circumstances of these youth shape their aspirations, expectations and early adult outcomes with regard to educational attainment, labor force participation, and family formation. As important, if successful this pilot project will generate and refine a methodology that will anchor a proposal for a large-scale study of this important yet neglected group of youth. Guided by current theories of the assimilation patterns of second-generation youth, we propose a multi-method design featuring focus group surveys, key informant interviews, face-to-face structured surveys of youth, and administrative data analysis. The focus groups and key informant interviews will provide qualitative information on educational, career, and family issues, with emphasis on barriers to achieving aspirations in these respects. The qualitative data will inform the development of a protocol for a structured face-to-face survey focusing on these issues, to be administered to a representative sample of migrant and seasonal farm worker youth in a 3-county agricultural-dependent region of south-central Pennsylvania. The proposed pilot study is expected to provide essential experience in sampling and interviewing this hard to- reach population, in preparation for a more comprehensive longitudinal study of educational, labor force, family formation and health outcomes of this at-risk group of youth.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的试点项目重点关注美国移民和季节性农场工人家庭的年轻人。尽管贫困、健康和营养不良、工作和生活条件不安全、工作保障低、教育机会有限，但这些人口和支持他们的家庭仍然在很大程度上隐藏在我们的视线之外。移民或季节性农场工人家庭中的儿童和青少年在成长、试图融入美国社会以及在美国过渡到成年的过程中可能会面临重大障碍，但令人惊讶的是，人们对他们的了解却很少。拟议的项目将提供所需的信息，说明这些年轻人的个人、家庭和背景环境如何影响他们在教育程度、劳动力参与和家庭形成方面的愿望、期望和早期成年结果。同样重要的是，如果该试点项目成功，将产生并完善一种方法，为对这一重要但被忽视的青年群体进行大规模研究的提案奠定基础。以当前青年二代同化模式理论为指导，我们提出了焦点小组调查、关键知情人访谈、面对面结构化青年调查、行政数据分析等多方法设计。焦点小组和关键知情人访谈将提供有关教育、职业和家庭问题的定性信息，重点关注实现这些方面愿望的障碍。定性数据将为制定一项针对这些问题的结构化面对面调查协议提供信息，该调查将针对南部 3 个县农业依赖地区的农民工和季节性农场工人青年的代表性样本进行管理。宾夕法尼亚州中部。拟议的试点研究预计将为对这一难以接触的人群进行抽样和访谈提供重要经验，为对这一高危青年群体的教育、劳动力、家庭组成和健康结果进行更全面的纵向研究做准备。