Living in Limbo: Aspiration-attainment Gap, Occupational Health Risks, and Intergenerational Mobility of Mexican Origin Migrant Farm Workers in El Paso, Texas

Using convenience and purposive sampling, this study examined the aspiration-attainment gap and occupational health risks that 40 Mexican origin migrant farm workers faced and the personal resources they drew from to overcome adversities. Data were collected from a community farm worker agency in El...

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Published inJournal of poverty Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 73 - 91
Main Authors Paat, Yok Fong, Saucedo, Carlos Marentes, Rojas, Rosemary, Muñoz, Jennifer, Molina, Alexis Andrea, Yoshimoto, Mitsue, Sanchez, Sheralyn, Gonzalez, Anna M., De La Hoya, Rosemarie
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton Routledge 02.01.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Agriculture
Aspiration
Deprivation
Discrimination
Familism
farm workers
Farmworkers
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Intergenerational mobility
Mexican
Migrant workers
migrants
Occupational health
Resilience
Spirituality
Work experience
United States > US
Texas
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Summary:Using convenience and purposive sampling, this study examined the aspiration-attainment gap and occupational health risks that 40 Mexican origin migrant farm workers faced and the personal resources they drew from to overcome adversities. Data were collected from a community farm worker agency in El Paso, Texas in 2018. Overall, this study showed that participants confronted a series of social impediments and structural disadvantages (economic hardship, low wages, limited formal education, lack of work experience besides farming, systemic deprivation, discrimination, and dangerous workplace). Optimism, familism, spirituality, and perseverance were among the strategies they relied on to foster resilience and bridge the aspiration-attainment gap.
ISSN:1087-5549
1540-7608
DOI:10.1080/10875549.2021.1890666