Unemployment, underemployment, and resilience in the Dominicanimmigrant population in the United States
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https://doi.org/10.51359/2525-7668.2022.257452Keywords:
Dominican immigrants, Unemployment, Underemployment, Resilience, Stress, Attitude towards workAbstract
This article is one of the first contributions addressing the phenomena of unemployment and under-employment in the context of the communities of Dominican origin living in the United States, based on a survey conducted in New York City. The argument is built up three specific objectives: 1)describing the socio-demographic characteristics of the people of Dominican origin who are either unemployed (GroupA) or under employed (GroupB); 2) explore the factors that describe the attitude of this population towards problems and adversities, and 3)establishing the degree of stress and anxiety of this population. The study was based on a non-randomized probability sampling, where 128 people of Dominican origin self-described as unemployed, and 168 as underemployed. We develop a factor analysis model that identifies three principal components of the attitude. These are “resilience”, “adaptation” and “rigidity”.TheKesslerandMroczektest(K-10) enables dust of in a moderate level of stress and depression, understood on our exploration as Non-SpecificPsychologicalDiscomfort(MPNE). Our study detected the precarious quality of life of this population; their highly positive attitude; and the low or moderate level of stress and anxiety.
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