Demographic-Historical Analysis of Persons of Ukrainian Ancestry in the United States
Demographic-Historical Analysis of Persons of Ukrainian Ancestry in the United States
Author(s): Oleh WolowynaSubject(s): Social history, Demography and human biology, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Ukrainian-Americans; Ukrainians in the U.S.; Immigration waves;
Summary/Abstract: Ukrainians are one of the least researched ethnic groups in the United States. Part of the problem is the turbulent modern history of Ukraine: a) changes of borders and territory divided among several countries; b) slow development of Ukrainian identity; c) short period, since 1991, as an independent country. This resulted in incomplete and problematic official U.S. statistics about Ukraine and Ukrainians. We review the data available and their problems, and present a demographic-socioeconomic profile of Ukrainian-Americans. The also analyze the impact of the latest migration from Ukraine on the established Ukrainian-American community and problems resulting from the bilingual, Ukrainian and Russian, characteristic of these immigrants.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Sociologica
- Issue Year: X/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 142-163
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
