Intergenerational study of Puerto Rican families in New York city

The purpose of study was to investigate the impact of intergenerational processes on ethnic identity with respect to sociocultural changes encountered during the migration from Puerto Rico to the United States, and to elucidate how migration-induced events relate to intergenerational processes within families.

The study sample consisted of 100 intergenerationally-linked Puerto Rican American families comprising of husband-wife couples in both parent and child generations. The resulting final sample included 200 female and 200 male residents of the Bronx section of New York City.

The 23-month study occurring between July, 1976 and May, 1978 included field work to identify potential participants followed by intensive interviewing. Variables assessed in the study included ethnic identity; family structure, marital relations; cultural values; coping skill; support networks; & socioeconomic mobility in terms of educational and occupational attainment.

The Murray Center holds computer data for this study.