New Immigrant Survey (NIS)
The NIS aimed to provide a public-use database on new legal immigrants to the United States of America and their children that will be useful for addressing scientific and policy questions about migration behaviour and the impacts of migration. The sampling frame was based on the U.S. government's electronic administrative records compiled for new legal permanent residents. Over 15,000 participants across the United States of America completed the baseline interviews between 2003 and 2004, including adult immigrants, child immigrants aged 8 to 12 years and their relatives. Participants were interviewed a second time between 2007 and 2009.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
8,573 (adults)
810 (sponsor-parents of children)
4,915 (spouses)
1,072 (children)
Age at first data collection
Varied (adults)
Varied (sponsor-parents of children)
Varied (spouses)
8 - 12 years (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (adults)
Varied (sponsor-parents of children)
Varied (spouses)
1991 - 1995 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Nationally representative of new legal immigrants to the United States of America.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2003
Primary Institutions
New York University (NYU)
Princeton University
RAND
Yale University
Links
web.archive.org/web/20240413021606/https://nis.princeton.edu/project.html
icpsr.umich.edu/web/DSDR/series/1980
web.archive.org/web/20240413021606/https://nis.princeton.edu/project.html
Profile paper DOI
Not available
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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