Citation

Nieri T, Hoffman S, Marsiglia FF, Kulis SS. J. Int. Migr. Integr. 2013; 13(3): 365-381.

Affiliation

Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, 411 N. Central Ave., Suite 720, Phoenix, AZ 85004-0689, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12134-011-0216-2

PMID

24611031

Abstract

This study examined interpersonal physical and sexual violence and its association with desires and plans to migrate to the USA among 500 alternative high school students, aged 14-17 years, from Guanajuato, Mexico. Two thirds of the youths had ever experienced interpersonal violence, the most common form being physical fights. More youths, and more boys relative to girls, reported wanting to migrate than planning to migrate. Although those who had experienced interpersonal violence were not more likely to want to migrate to the USA, their odds of planning to migrate were 44% greater. Gender did not moderate the effect of interpersonal violence.

Language: en