Socioeconomic status and assimilation among Greek Americans
Abstract
The theory that high socioeconomic status is accompanied by
assimilation was evaluated, using a sample (N=152) of Greek
Americans from Cincinnati, Ohio. Several indicators of socioe
conomic status and assimilation were used. Contrary to man>
previous studies, the zero-order results were generally not supportive
of the status-assimilation thesis. In many instances, especially in the
case of «income» types of status, the outcomes went reverse to expectation.
However, there was more support fot the status-assimilation
thesis among the younger generations. A number of explanations,
such as cultural compatibility in regard to mobility values, ingroup
status validation processes, marginality among second-generation
ethnics, the operation of ethclass, and historical changes in the
United States, were suggested for the largely negative zero-order outcomes.
Additional research, inspired by either dialectical conflict
theory or exchange theory and using larger samples of ethnic
Americans, was recommended to further test these explanations.
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Petropoulos, N. P. (1980). Socioeconomic status and assimilation among Greek Americans. The Greek Review of Social Research, 38, 87–95. https://doi.org/10.12681/grsr.264
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