Education, English Proficiency, and Health as Predictors of Employment Among Filipino Migrants and Non-Migrants

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• Personal Author:
  Frantsevich I
• Description:
  Immigrants face a number of unique challenges when migrating to the United States. One of the most important concerns is securing employment. For decades, Human Capital Theory has been the prevailing framework supporting the idea that types of human capital such as education, skills, English-proficiency, and other attributes are important for individuals to succeed in the labor market. This study examines the association between specific human capital factors - education level, English proficiency, and a novel type of human capital, health - and employment status among Filipino migrants (n=355) in the U.S. and non-migrants (n=721) in the Philippines. Data were taken from the larger, longitudinal Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES). Statistical analyses included a multivariate logistic regression analysis. Among migrants, education level (college and above) and health were associated with finding employment post migration. Additionally, male sex was found to be important for employment in the U.S. Among non-migrants, college education and health status were associated with employment. These findings indicate important upstream factors that can impact immigrant worker well-being in the U.S. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Emigration And Immigration Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Immigrant Employment Health Human Capital Immigrant Workers Language Barrier Longitudinal Study Socioeconomics Worker Health
• Publisher:
  University of Washington
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Thesis
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-28
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20068750
• Citation:
  Seattle, WA: University of Washington, 2022 Aug; :1-28
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Education, English proficiency, and health as predictors of employment among Filipino migrants and non-migrants
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5843e71781214d9ad2d8b1660ede85957af83855063d135c0dfaadb7e1a6b8f14ca3575dd50bb1da66d1e021ef01707d78acfa8bce81356a85ee24694d670f48
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207333/cdc_207333_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 459.63 KB ]