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Finch, Brian Karl, Nelson Lim, William Perez, and D. Phuong Do. 2007. "Toward a Population Health Model of Segmented Assimilation: The Case of Low Birth Weights in Los Angeles." Sociological Perspectives 50:445-468 .
The primary research question of the Finch article has to deal with low birth weights. They use information from Los Angeles to make their case. In a few words, they were looking to analyze the occurrences of low birth weights in immigrant families and how their status as well as their surrounding effected it.
After calculating the amount of births that could be traced back to the Los Angeles area and extracting only the types of parents eligible it came to 140,472 infants in the study. The infants were mostly immigrants but some were national in order to control their findings.
The researchers started with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and received the vital birth records for the area. After whittling down the numbers to a manageable and streamlined sample they used statistical analysis for the information. They used 2500 grams as the appropriate weight for newborns so any baby below was considered low. It broke down further into location, country of origin, social network, country of primary education, etc. It is broken down yet again to socioeconomic status. As you will later read, these methods of highly integrated statistics worked perfectly for the experiment. The lack of personal contact with the samples is ideal for such a touchy subject as one’s children. The limitations I feel present themselves in the tail of the project due to its lack of scope and potential bias.
5.What were the primary findings of the research? After what had to be an exhaustiveAnnotated research project there were some very interesting findings. I Bibliography say that as a reader with my own intuitions about what I expected and then what I actually read. Worksheet
First, the results dictate that immigrants that migrate here to have children have relatively healthy
Review and How to Prepare an than Annotated babies the withdirections little or no chance of defect (no more anyone elses) Second generations having Bibliography children typically have more babies with low birth weights which coincides with infant mortality,
hyperactivity, and learning disabilities. Secondly, migrants that are classified as professionals, those with more schooling then others are at a higher risk for their children to have low birth weights then do those of the labor community. Thirdly, mothers that have the proper support system in place typically are at a lower risk by low birth weights in their children. Some contributing factors to the problem as stated in the article is America’s bad habits and how 2.What is the primary research or thesis of comers this they contribute to low birth weight.question This explains the new to the country with the healthy article? babies. Even if they come from shambles to more shambles here in the states typically their
babies are still healthy. For the professional migrants who are educated and might spend some or most of their time assimilated with the nationals have been known to adopt some habits such as smoking, drinking or drug use. These actions or habits are nowhere near as prevalent in other countries especially Latin ones.
3.What are the characteristics of the population studied? How many people, ages, genders, race/ethnicity/nationality, professions, etc.? How were these people selected? 6.Critique this article, discuss method, findings, analysis, writing style, or other elements of the research project.
Besides the obvious problem I had with it in that it was way over my head due to the statistical jibber-jabber. I am sure an accomplished sociologist with a background in statistical analysis could have deciphered it perfectly and taken every aspect of it to the bank. I had to pick through it and figure out what I could contextually. But from what I understood it was extremely well written and very informative. The only critique I could think of it perhaps the scope may be kind of narrow. I would be curious to see ifresearch some ofmethod(s) these findings held upby everywhere in theWas US the they for the 4.What was employed the researchers? this way appropriate did in Los Angeles. population and the research question? Were there limitations to this method?
Finch, Brian Karl, Nelson Lim, William Perez, and D. Phuong Do. 2007. "Toward a Population Health Model of Segmented Assimilation: The Case of Low Birth Weights in Los Angeles." Sociological Perspectives 50:445-468 .
The primary research question of the Finch article has to deal with low birth weights. They use information from Los Angeles to make their case. In a few words, they were looking to analyze the occurrences of low birth weights in immigrant families and how their status as well as their surrounding effected it.
After calculating the amount of births that could be traced back to the Los Angeles area and extracting only the types of parents eligible it came to 140,472 infants in the study. The infants were mostly immigrants but some were national in order to control their findings.
The researchers started with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and received the vital birth records for the area. After whittling down the numbers to a manageable and streamlined sample they used statistical analysis for the information. They used 2500 grams as the appropriate weight for newborns so any baby below was considered low. It broke down further into location, country of origin, social network, country of primary education, etc. It is broken down yet again to socioeconomic status. As you will later read, these methods of highly integrated statistics worked perfectly for the experiment. The lack of personal contact with the samples is ideal for such a touchy subject as one’s children. The limitations I feel present themselves in the tail of the project due to its lack of scope and potential bias.
5.What were the primary findings of the research? After what had to be an exhaustiveAnnotated research project there were some very interesting findings. I Bibliography say that as a reader with my own intuitions about what I expected and then what I actually read. Worksheet
First, the results dictate that immigrants that migrate here to have children have relatively healthy
Review and How to Prepare an than Annotated babies the withdirections little or no chance of defect (no more anyone elses) Second generations having Bibliography children typically have more babies with low birth weights which coincides with infant mortality,
hyperactivity, and learning disabilities. Secondly, migrants that are classified as professionals, those with more schooling then others are at a higher risk for their children to have low birth weights then do those of the labor community. Thirdly, mothers that have the proper support system in place typically are at a lower risk by low birth weights in their children. Some contributing factors to the problem as stated in the article is America’s bad habits and how 2.What is the primary research or thesis of comers this they contribute to low birth weight.question This explains the new to the country with the healthy article? babies. Even if they come from shambles to more shambles here in the states typically their
babies are still healthy. For the professional migrants who are educated and might spend some or most of their time assimilated with the nationals have been known to adopt some habits such as smoking, drinking or drug use. These actions or habits are nowhere near as prevalent in other countries especially Latin ones.
3.What are the characteristics of the population studied? How many people, ages, genders, race/ethnicity/nationality, professions, etc.? How were these people selected? 6.Critique this article, discuss method, findings, analysis, writing style, or other elements of the research project.
Besides the obvious problem I had with it in that it was way over my head due to the statistical jibber-jabber. I am sure an accomplished sociologist with a background in statistical analysis could have deciphered it perfectly and taken every aspect of it to the bank. I had to pick through it and figure out what I could contextually. But from what I understood it was extremely well written and very informative. The only critique I could think of it perhaps the scope may be kind of narrow. I would be curious to see ifresearch some ofmethod(s) these findings held upby everywhere in theWas US the they for the 4.What was employed the researchers? this way appropriate did in Los Angeles. population and the research question? Were there limitations to this method?
