"Ain't Making It in America": The Economic Characteristics of African Immigrants in North Carolina, USA. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Opoku-Dapaah, Edward
• Is Part Of: Journal of immigrant & refugee studies. Volume 15:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 406
• Page End: 427
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: African immigrants -- North Carolina, USA -- immigrants -- poverty-immigrants -- prejudice in USA -- race relations; Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Refugees -- United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; Social work with immigrants -- United States -- Periodicals; 362.8753097305
• DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2016.1234091
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1556-2948

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study interviewed 350 African immigrants in North Carolina (NC) to shed light on their economic conditions. It focused primarily on their labor force participation and incomes for the period 2004–2014. The findings showed that both structural changes in NC's economy and prejudicial experiences within the labor force were the most important forces that undermined the economic ambitions of the Africans. The study also yielded a complex picture and raised some questions about the resettlement outcome of African immigrants in the United States.