Statistics on U.S. Immigration -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- CONCLUSIONS -- Research Issues -- Research Improvements -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Parental Nativity -- Public Use Microdata Sample -- Current Population Survey -- Joint Mexico-United States Surveys -- Immigration and Naturalization Service Records -- A Longitudinal Survey -- 1 Introduction -- INTEREST IN IMMIGRATION ISSUES -- SHIFTS IN IMMIGRATION PATTERNS -- Immigration Today -- Perceptions of the Past -- Effects of Immigration -- ESTABLISHING DATA PRIORITIES -- ADEQUACY OF IMMIGRATION DATA -- DEFINITION OF TERMS -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- 2 Trends in U.S. Immigration -- A DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE -- Trends Since 1900 -- Data Needs -- AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE -- Economic Trends -- Data Needs -- 3 Effects of Immigration and Assimilation -- SOCIAL POLICY AND WELFARE -- Employment and Income Dynamics -- The Context of Immigration -- Comparing Political and Economic Immigration -- Effects of Amnesty -- Research Issues -- Perinatal Health -- MENTAL HEALTH -- EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- DATA NEEDS -- 4 Labor Force Issues -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION -- WAGE TRENDS -- IMMIGRANTS AND EMERGING INDUSTRIES -- RESEARCH ISSUES -- 5 Social and Family Networks -- IMMIGRATION NETWORKS -- IMMIGRATION AND THE FAMILY -- RESEARCH ISSUES -- DATA NEEDS -- 6 Immigration Data Needs -- DECENNIAL CENSUS -- CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY -- IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE RECORDS -- CASE STUDIES -- DATA ON NATIONALITY, RACE, AND ETHNICITY -- 7 Longitudinal Studies of Immigrants -- ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES -- ALTERNATIVES TO A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF IMMIGRANTS -- SPECIAL-PURPOSE IMMIGRANT SURVEYS -- NEED FOR LONGITUDINAL DATA -- References -- Appendix Workshop on U.S. Immigration Statistics: An Assessment of Data Needs for Future Research -- AGENDA.

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