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Abstract
The children of immigrants’ educational progress and success have been the focus of social research for decades. Although it is known that extracurricular activities contribute to adolescent development and overall well-being, it is also clear that participation varies across immigrant generations. Yet, empirical study explaining generational differences in extracurricular activities across different racial/ethnic groups is limited. This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to investigate if family characteristics (i.e., socioeconomic status, structure, parental supervision, and parent–child communication and interaction) explain generational extracurricular activity participation for four racial/ethnic groups (Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians). Findings indicate that family characteristics indeed mediate the children of immigrants’ participation in school extracurricular activities. Moreover, results also denote that family characteristics are particularly relevant for Hispanic children of immigrants’ extracurricular activity participation.
Keywords family capital, race/ethnicity, immigrant youth
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Author Biographies
Xin Jiang is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Her fields of interest include juvenile delinquency, youth and adolescents, immigrant assimilation, and race/ethnicity. She is also a member of the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network that holds the dual goals of advancing research on the intersection of race, crime, and justice and of promoting racial democracy within the study of these issues by supporting junior scholars from under-represented groups.
Anthony A. Peguero is an associate professor of sociology and research affiliate of the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention at Virginia Tech. His research interests involve youth violence, socialization and marginalization, schools, and the adaptation of the children immigrants. He is also a National Institute Justice W. E. B. Du Bois Fellow and member of the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network.
