– The selective migration of Asian immigrants is the most important factor to their concentration in these fields of study and occupations.
– Asian immigrants as a whole are highly selective in these fields of study and occupations, compared to white Americans, with some Asian groups showing much higher levels of concentration.
– While younger-generation Asian groups whose immigrant generations have an extremely high concentration have experienced significant reductions in STEM, the other groups have experienced moderate or significant increases.
– All younger-generation Asian groups apart from Filipino have significantly or moderately higher levels of representation in non-nurse health-care occupations than their immigrant counterparts.
– There is great ethnic differences in the level of concentration in STEM among Asian immigrant women. Indian, Chinese and Vietnamese immigrant women, like their male counterparts, are far more highly concentrated in STEM fields than the other Asian groups, with the Filipino group having the lowest level of concentration.