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International Journal of
Population Studies URM Education, Economic, and Social Outcomes

Table 1. Educational outcomes by each country of origin Table 3. Employment outcomes by each country of origin.
(n = 388).
Country of Not employed Employed Pearson’s Chi‑squared
Country of K‑12 GED or HS 4 years Pearson Origin
Origin Diploma or college Chi‑ Analysis 1 4.37*
2 years squared
Myanmar 4 (18.18%) 18 (81.82%)
Analysis 1 24.09***
Other 145 (40.62%) 212 (59.38%)
Myanmar 2 (8.7%) 10 (43.48%) 11 (47.83%)
Analysis 2 2.20
Other 216 (59.18%) 87 (23.84%) 62 (16.99%)
DRC 9 (27.27%) 24 (72.73%)
Analysis 2 11.71**
Other 140 (40.46%) 206 (59.54%)
DRC 10 (29.41%) 12 (35.29%) 12 (35.29%)
Analysis 3 3.76
Other 208 (58.76%) 85 (24.01%) 61 (17.23%)
Eritrea 10 (62.50%) 6 (37.50%)
Analysis 3 1.08
Other 139 (38.29%) 224 (61.71%)
Eritrea 11 (68.75%) 3 (18.75%) 2 (12.50%)
Analysis 4 0.12
Other 207 (55.65%) 94 (25.27%) 71 (19.09%)
Somalia 9 (42.86%) 12 (57.14%)
Analysis 4 0.36 Other 140 (39.11%) 218 (60.89%)
Somalia 12 (57.14%) 6 (28.57%) 3 (14.29%)
*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001
Other 206 (56.13%) 91 (24.80%) 70 (19.07%)
*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001
Table 4. Employment outcomes across countries of origin
(n = 379).
Table 2. Educational outcomes across countries of origin
(n = 388). Country Not employed Employed Pearson’s Chi‑squared
of Origin
Country K‑12 GED or HS 4 years Pearson’s Myanmar 4 (2.68%) 18 (7.83%)
of Origin diploma or college Chi‑squared
2 years DRC 9 (6.04%) 24 (10.43%)
Myanmar 2 (8.7%) 10 (43.48%) 11 (47.83%) Eritrea 10 (6.71%) 6 (2.61%)
DRC 10 (29.41%) 12 (35.48%) 12 (35.29%) Somalia 9 (6.04%) 12 (5.22%)
Eritrea 11 (68.75%) 3 (18.75%) 2 (12.50%) Other 117 (78.52%) 170 (73.91%)
2
Somalia 12 (57.14%) 6 (28.57%) 3 (14.29%) Total 149 (100%) 230 (100%) X = 10.09*
Other 183 (62.24%) 66 (22.45%) 45 (15.31%) *P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001
39.34***
*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001 Table 5. Self‑sufficiency outcomes across countries of origin
(n = 188).
countries were evenly distributed and Eritrean youths were Country of Not self‑sufficient Self‑sufficient Pearson’s
more likely to be not self-sufficient. Origin Chi‑squared
Myanmar 0 6 (5.13%)
3.3. Social ties outcomes DRC 5 (7.04%) 13 (11.11%)
Almost all, 96.90% of youth (n = 375) were determined to have Eritrea 9 (12.68%) 2 (1.71%)
sufficient social connections with positive adult role models and Somalia 4 (5.63%) 9 (7.69%)
90.19% of youths were living with others. For the subsample Other 53 (74.65%) 87 (74.36%)
of youth for whom more detailed data were available, 79.79%
(n = 154) of youths were said to have a sufficient quantity 13.76**
of social connections and 20.21% (n = 39) did not. About *P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001
87.89% (n = 167) of youths in the subsample from FFY2016
had sufficient quality in their social connections. There was no 4. Discussion
statistically significant relationship for youth of any country Calvo et al. (2016) stated that the three interrelated dimensions
when looking at social connections. When looking at the of immigrant integration are social, economic, and political.
youth’s living situation on discharge as a measure of their Ager and Strang (2008) dig a little deeper and note that the
social connectedness, there were no statistically significant markers of immigrant integration are employment, housing,
relationships for youth from any country. education, and health, while facilitators of integration

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