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22 Int'l Migration Rev. 208 (1988)

handle is hein.journals/imgratv22 and id is 1 raw text is: Migrant Careers and Well-Being of Women' Judith Freidenberg, Ph.D.2 Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York Graciela Imperiale, M.A. Ph.D. Program in Educational Psychology, City University of New York Mary Louise Skovron, Dr. P.H. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York This article deals with the psychosocial adjustment of Latin American female migrants in the United States. The analysis focuses on how changes in employment, marital status, family structure and life-style affect subjective assessments of well-being. Using qualitative and quantitative research methods, the role of these social factors was explored. BACKGROUND The increase in female migration,3 the heterogeneity in social class back- grounds of migrants,4 and the inflow of Latin Americans, provide the historical and structural framework for the study of Argentine women presented in this article. In conceptualizing migration as a process of change, characteristics of both the country of origin and destination need to be taken into account. Argentina I Fieldwork and data analysis leading to the preparation of this paper was supported by an NIMH National Service Award (I F32 MHO8525-01). Judith Herbstein ( Freidenberg), Principal Investigator. Portions of this paper were presented at the Cultural Pluralism Seminar, Columbia University (New York) under the title Migration as a Process of Change: Its Influence On Well-Being, on October 1, 1984. We owe thanks to Dr. Joan Turner (Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, CUNY), and to Dr. Michael Mulvihill and Dr. Mary Louise Skovron (Epi- demiology Division, Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine) for providing insightful comments on the content and the organization of this paper. We also thank Dr. Samuel W. Bloom ( Division of Behavioral Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine) for providing valuable feedback throughout the duration of the migration project. 2 Formerly Herbstein. 3 The Immigration Act of 1965 gives priority to family reunification, asylum for refugees and needed skills and professions (Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, 1972:200). For the increase in female migration, see Houston, et al., 1984. 4 Immigration and Naturalization Services Annual Reports. 208 IMR Volume xxii, No. 2

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