ABSTRACT

People from the Americas are a small, largely neglected part of Australia’s immigrant population. Most came from middle-class backgrounds in the post-global economic restructuring era (post-mid-1970s), though a minority were working class. Five dimensions of their intergenerational assimilation are analyzed: educational attainment and occupational status; linguistic shift; identification as Australians; discrimination (racism); and, for Sydney, first to second generations spatial assimilation. While the first three dimensions conform to the classic assimilation model, intergenerational socioeconomic status shift and spatial dispersal do so only partially. Intergenerational patterns of educational attainment and occupations broadly correlate, but first through third generation shift among both North and Latin Americans is downwards toward national means. Second generation ancestry groups are more dispersed than the first, but only a minority into host-society districts; suggested reasons include superdiversity, age, income, and housing market factors.

摘要

来自美洲的人是澳大利亚移民人口中的一小部分，基本上被忽视了。大多数人来自后全球经济重组时代（70 年代中期）的中产阶级背景，但也有少数是工人阶级。分析了他们代际同化的五个维度：教育程度和职业地位；语言转变；识别为澳大利亚人；歧视（种族主义）；对于悉尼，第一代到第二代的空间同化。虽然前三个维度符合经典同化模型，但代际社会经济地位转移和空间分散仅部分符合。教育程度和职业的代际模式广泛相关，但是北美和拉丁美洲的第一代到第三代的转变是向下转向国家手段。第二代血统群体比第一代更分散，但只有少数进入东道社会地区；建议的原因包括超级多样性、年龄、收入和住房市场因素。