Social Inclusion (ISSN: 2183–2803)
2019, Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 253–256
DOI: 10.17645/si. 7i4.2695
Edi o ial
Immig a ion om he Immig an s’ Pe spec i e: Analyzing Su ey Da a
Collec ed among Immig an s and Hos Socie y Membe s
Alice Ramos 1,*, Eldad Da ido 2, 3, Pe e Schmid 4, Ma a Vila Rosales 1and Dina Maskileyson 2
1Ins i u e o Social Sciences, Uni e si y o Lisbon, 1600-189 Lisbon, Po ugal; E-Mails: alice. [email p o ec ed] (A.R.),
ma a. [email p o ec ed] (M.V.R.)
2Ins i u e o Sociology and Social Psychology, Uni e si y o Cologne, 50923 Cologne, Ge many;
E-Mails: e.da ido @uni-koeln.de (E.D.), [email protected] (D.M.)
3Uni e si y Resea ch P io i y P og am “Social Ne wo ks,” Uni e si y o Zu ich, 8006 Zu ich, Swi ze land
4Depa men o Poli ical Science, Uni e si y o Giessen, 35390 Giessen, Ge many;
E-Mail: pe e [email p o ec ed]
* Co esponding au ho
Submi ed: 8 Decembe 2019 | Published: 27 Decembe 2019
Abs ac
Immig a ion has been one o he mos c ucial global phenomena, changing he ab ic o many socie ies, and a opic o
subs an ial esea ch. Much o his esea ch has ocused on how he hos socie y iews immig an s and immig a ion, o on
he socie al ac o s in luencing he la e . The goal o his hema ic issue is o p esen di e en s udies ocusing on a ious
aspec s o immig a ion om a pe spec i e ha has no been o en iewed unde he magni ying glass so a , bu which is
o majo impo ance: looking a immig a ion om he immig an s’ poin o iew.
Keywo ds
adap a ion; a i udes owa d immig a ion; communi y; immig an s’ ecep ion; in eg a ion; mig an s’ pe spec i e;
pe cei ed heal h; well-being
Issue
This edi o ial is pa o he issue “Immig a ion om he Mig an s’ Pe spec i e” edi ed by Alice Ramos (Ins i u e o Social
Sciences, Po ugal), Eldad Da ido (Uni e si y o Cologne, Ge many/Uni e si y o Zu ich, Swi ze land), Pe e Schmid
(Uni e si y o Giessen, Ge many), Ma a Vila Rosales (Ins i u e o Social Sciences, Po ugal) and Dina Maskileyson
(Uni e si y o Cologne, Ge many).
© 2019 by he au ho s; licensee Cogi a io (Lisbon, Po ugal). This a icle is licensed unde a C ea i e Commons A ibu-
ion 4.0 In e na ional License (CC BY).
Immig a ion has been one o he mos c ucial global phe-
nomena changing he ab ic o many socie ies, and a
opic o subs an ial esea ch. Much o his esea ch has
ocused on how he hos socie y iews immig an s and
immig a ion o on he socie al ac o s in luencing immi-
g a ion. The goal o his hema ic issue is o p esen di -
e en s udies ocusing on a ious aspec s o immig a ion
om a pe spec i e ha has no been o en iewed unde
he magni ying glass so a , bu which is o majo impo -
ance: looking a immig a ion om he immig an s’ poin
o iew.
Na i es’ a i udes owa d immig a ion ha e been
ho oughly analyzed in he li e a u e using su ey da a.
A mul i ude o a icles con ibu ing o he s udy o ci -
izens’ a i udes and opinions abou immig an s and im-
mig a ion policies, including hei de e minan s and con-
sequen s, ha e been published based on su ey da a, o
example, om he Eu opean Social Su ey (Hea h e al.,
2019) o o he in e na ional la ge-scale su eys. Indeed,
opposi ion o membe s o he hos socie y o immig a-
ion, hei pe cep ions o h ea due o immig an s and
immig a ion, o p e e ences ega ding immig a ion and
in eg a ion policies, a e jus some o he opics ha ha e
been add essed om he pe spec i e o he hos soci-
e y membe s (Ceobanu & Escandell, 2010; Hainmuelle
& Hopkins, 2014). Howe e , and in spi e o he conside -
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able numbe o quali a i e, e hnog aphy-based esea ch
p ojec s ocusing on he poin o iew o immig an s,
we lack ex ensi e su ey-based wo k on immig an s’ ex-
pe ience o immig a ion and hei opinions o a i udes
abou immig a ion. Indeed, li le is known abou immi-
g an s’ own expe ience o immig a ion, abou how im-
mig an popula ions and communi ies e alua e he a -
i al o o he immig an s in o he coun y, hei poli i-
cal in e es s, hei heal h o well-being, o hei con ac
wi h na i es. In eali y, immig an s may possess mul i-
ple iden i ies: On he one hand, hey a e concei ed o
as immig an s om he poin o iew o na i es; on he
o he hand, hey a e in he p ocess o in eg a ing in o
he hos socie y hemsel es, hey may expe ience di i-
cul ies associa ed wi h immig a ion, and may in u n be
h ea ened by new immig an s. This hema ic issue in-
cludes s udies ha analyze, in a heo y-d i en way and
using su ey da a, such a ious aspec s o immig an s’
expe ience in he hos socie y, like poli ical in e es and
pa icipa ion (Hochman & Ga cía-Albace e, 2019), a -
i udes owa d o he immig an s (Becke , 2019), well-
being (Sa asin, G een, Po a ca, Bolzman, & Kuhn, 2019),
pe cei ed heal h (Maskileyson, Semyono , & Da ido ,
2019), con ac wi h na i es (Boh e , F iehs, Schmid , &
Weick, 2019), o adap a ion and in eg a ion in o he hos
socie y (Rod íguez-Pue as & Ainz, 2019). These ques-
ions a e ocused on in hese s udies om a compa a i e
o longi udinal pe spec i e.
The i s a icle, by Hochman and Ga cía-Albace e
(2019), s udies whe he —and o wha ex en —you h
wi h and wi hou an immig a ion backg ound engage
wi h poli ics by looking a di e ences in poli ical in e es
among immig an s, hei o sp ing, and na i es. Indeed,
poli ical in e es is conside ed an impo an aspec o im-
mig an s’ in eg a ion in o he hos socie y. The au ho s
ocus on ou Eu opean coun ies, England, Ge many, he
Ne he lands, and Sweden, using da a om he CILS4EU
p ojec (N =11,747 esponden s). Relying on social iden-
i y heo y, hey expec a link wi h na ional iden i ica ion
and poli ical in e es . Thei indings show ha espon-
den s wi h an immig a ion backg ound who also ha e a
s ong na ional iden i ica ion wi h hei hos coun y a e
mo e likely o epo poli ical in e es han na i es. By
way o con as , esponden s wi h an immig a ion back-
g ound, who ha e a low na ional iden i ica ion, a e less
likely o epo poli ical in e es han na i es. While na-
ional iden i ica ion was o li le impo ance o poli ical
in e es o young people in Sweden, i was signi ican
in Ge many.
Becke (2019) in es iga es whe he he e a e any
di e ences in a i udes owa d immig a ion be ween
immig an s and na i es. The au ho used pooled da a
om he 2008–2016 ounds o he Ame ican Gene al
Social Su ey. The subsample included 7,362 espon-
den s, 2,811 o whom had a mig a ion backg ound o he
i s , second, o hi d gene a ion. Relying on social dis-
ance and con ac heo y, he s udy demons a ed ha
i s -gene a ion immig an s had, as expec ed, mo e a-
o able a i udes owa d immig a ion compa ed o hose
wi hou a mig a ion backg ound. Howe e , he a i udes
o second- and hi d-gene a ion immig an s did no di -
e signi ican ly om hose o na i es.
Sa asin e al. (2019) combine wo explana ions o
he na i e–immig an gap in well-being. The i s sug-
ges s ha low pa en al well-being is ansmi ed o
hei o sp ing, hus de e io a ing o sp ing’s well-being.
The second sugges s ha immig an s su e om a
highe economic p essu e which is in u n ansmi ed
o hei o sp ing and lowe s o sp ing’s well-being. The
s udy employs da a om he Swiss Household Panel
(N =1,354) o examine he ex en o which immig an
backg ound and economic p essu es ela e o well-being
o adolescen s and young adul s h ough he nega i e
a ec expe ienced by hei mo he s and a he s. The
indings demons a ed ha young people wi h o eign
oo s we e mo e likely o li e in a household ha ex-
pe ienced economic p essu es, which, in u n, was e-
la ed o impai ed pa en al well-being which was hen in
u n ela ed o an impai ed own well-being. An immig a-
ion backg ound, economic p essu es, and pa en al well-
being we e all ela ed o young people’s nega i e a ec .
Maskileyson e al. (2019) examine whe he he
“heal hy immig an e ec ” hesis obse ed in he
Ame ican con ex p e ails also in he Wes Eu opean con-
ex . Acco ding o he heal hy immig an e ec , immi-
g an s a e expec ed o be heal hie han he na i e popu-
la ion. This e ec has been obse ed epea edly in immi-
g a ion coun ies like he USA, Canada, o Aus alia. Fou
coun ies we e analyzed—Aus ia, F ance, Ge many, and
he Ne he lands—using he Gende and Gene a ions
Su ey (Aus ia N =3,892, F ance N =8,731, Ge many
N=8,052, and he Ne he lands N =7,219). Unlike p e-
ious indings, in hese Eu opean coun ies, immig an s
epo ed wo se heal h han na i es, hus, no lending
suppo o he e ec . The s udy ies o sugges se -
e al explana ions o he indings in he speci ic Wes
Eu opean con ex .
Boh e e al. (2019) explo e whe he , and o wha
ex en , con ac be ween na i e Eas and Wes Ge mans
and o eigne s has changed in he las ou decades, em-
ploying ALLBUS da a collec ed be ween 1980 and 2016.
The au ho s e idence a la ge inc ease in con ac o e
hese 36 yea s. Fu he mo e, he s udy also employs ou
wa es o he GESIS access panel da a collec ed be ween
2015 and 2016 in Ge many o es he con ac heo y and
examine whe he and o wha ex en posi i e con ac
wi h immig an s is linked wi h mo e posi i e a i udes
owa d immig an s (o ice e sa) among Ge man e-
sponden s. Al hough he e was some e idence o such
a link in he da a, he e ec s we e much smalle han
in o he p e ious c oss-sec ional s udies, and hey we e
also mixed, depending on he me hod o analysis used.
Finally, Rod íguez-Pue as and Ainz (2019) conduc in-
dep h in e iews wi h young Spanish mig an s and analy-
ze da a ob ained om hese in e iews and om dis-
cussion g oups o unde s and he mig a ion p ocess and
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sociocul u al in eg a ion o hose mig an s in hei hos
coun ies. They desc ibe and explain changes in hei pe -
cep ions o bo h hei home and hos socie ies. We hope
ha he hema ic issue and he s udies included in i u -
he con ibu e o a be e unde s anding o immig an s’
expe ience in con empo a y socie ies.
Acknowledgmen s
All academic edi o s would like o hank he edi o ial
eam o Social Inclusion o hei suppo du ing wo k on
his hema ic issue. The academic edi o s would also like
o hank Lisa T ie weile o he English p oo o his edi-
o ial. The wo k o Eldad Da ido was suppo ed by he
Uni e si y o Zu ich Resea ch P io i y P og am “Social
Ne wo ks.”
Con lic o In e es s
The au ho s decla e no con lic o in e es s.
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Abou he Au ho s
Alice Ramos, PhD in Sociology by he Uni e si y o Lisbon, is a Resea che a he Ins i u e o Social
Sciences (ICS), Uni e si y o Lisbon. He academic co e in e es s ollow wo main lines o esea ch:
one aiming o analyze he impac o he a icula ion be ween indi idual ac o s ( alues and a i-
udes) and social con ex s in he de elopmen o disc imina o y a i udes; ano he , ocused on he
me hodology o compa a i e and longi udinal s udies and on ad anced me hods o da a analysis. She
is cu en ly he Po uguese na ional coo dina o o he Eu opean Social Su ey and he Eu opean
Values S udy.
Eldad Da ido is P o esso a he Ins i u e o Sociology and Social Psychology a he Uni e si y o
Cologne, Ge many, and he Depa men o Sociology a he Uni e si y o Zu ich, Swi ze land, and co-
di ec o o he Uni e si y o Zu ich Resea ch P io i y P og am “Social Ne wo ks.” He was p esiden o
he Eu opean Su ey Resea ch Associa ion (ESRA) be ween 2015 and 2017. His esea ch in e es s a e
applica ions o s uc u al equa ion modeling o su ey da a, especially in c oss-cul u al and longi udi-
nal esea ch. Applica ions include human alues, na ional iden i y, and a i udes owa d immig an s
and o he mino i ies.
Pe e Schmid is P o esso Eme i us o Social Resea ch Me hods and Poli ical Science a he Uni e si y
o Giessen, a he depa men o poli ical science, Ge many. His esea ch in e es s a e he oun-
da ions and applica ions o s uc u al equa ion models, analysis o panel da a, and empi ical es -
ing o a ional choice heo y. Applica ions include na ional iden i y, immig a ion, and en i onmen-
al beha io .
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Ma a Vila Rosales, PhD in An h opology, is a Resea che a Ins i u e o Social Sciences, Uni e si y o
Lisbon. He main ield o esea ch is con empo a y mig a ion mo emen s in and ou o Po ugal and
hei in e sec ions wi h he mo emen s o hings. She has done e hnog aphic esea ch in Mozambique,
B azil, Canada and he USA, and is cu en ly engaged in a la ge esea ch p ojec which in ol es he
ansi s o people and s u be ween ou majo ci ies: Lisboa, Sidney, Be lin and Luanda. She is a
membe o IMISCOE—A Eu opean Ne wo k o Excellence on Mig a ion S udies.
Dina Maskileyson is Pos doc o al Resea che a he Ins i u e o Sociology and Social Psychology a he
Uni e si y o Cologne. He esea ch in e es s lie in he a eas o immig a ion, heal h, and labo ma ke
and weal h inequali y. He ecen publica ions ocus on immig an s’ labo ma ke in eg a ion as well
as heal h ajec o ies o immig an s a e he a i al o he hos coun y.
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