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• Characteristics of Eastern European Immigration in the United States

The fall of communism in late 1980s and the post-communist socio-economic and political transition determined a resurgence of Eastern European immigrants as a new phenomenon in United States. Examining Eastern European immigrants will increase the understanding of today's diverse immigrant population and their adaptation in the host society. Using the data from the 2002-2004 Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey, the purpose of this article is to facilitate an understanding of the characteristics of Eastern European immigration. Systematic research on Eastern European immigrants could increase the understanding of today's diverse immigrant population and their adaptation to the new society.

... Eastern European countries: Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in 1997; in 2004 Bulgaria, Est... in Serbia and Montenegro, and $1,900 in Moldova (U.S. GDP per capita: $40, 100) (CIA, 2005). The E... capabilities such as professional or language skills might not be perfectly transferable in the ...

• Journal of Comparative Family Studies
• Vol. 39 Nbr. 4, October 2008