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Immigrating for status in late life — effects of globalization on Filipino American veterans
Author(s)	Gay Becker, Yewoubdar Beyene, Leilani Cuizon Canalita
Journal title	Journal of Aging Studies, vol 14, no 3, September 2000
Pages	pp 273-292
Keywords	Asian people ; Philippines ; Armed Forces ; Immigration ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; United States of America.
Annotation	Data collected from 27 Filipino American World War II veterans indicates that their primary motivation for late-life immigration is economic. When Filipino veterans decide to come to the US, they do so to collect the financial benefits of citizenship and for the recognition and status that it brings, especially within the family. In immigrating, Filipino American veterans live with considerable uncertainty about what the future holds, but at the the same time they accrue power and status that ensures their continued centrality in their families. Such action enables them to maintain their independence in old age. This phenomenon of late-life immigration is a case study in globalisation and the fluid identities that older people maintain in moving back and forth between these linked worlds. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001114208 A
Classmark	TKK: 7XK: VMM: TNP: F: 7T
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