Brief No. 5 in the series "Immigrant Families and Workers: Facts and Perspectives"

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This brief summarizes the results of recent Urban Institute research on the health and well-being of young children under 6 in immigrant families, that is, those with at least one parent born outside the United States. The research responds to several imperatives. First, despite the fact that young children of immigrants compose a large and rising share of the nation's young child population, comparatively little is known about them. Second, young children of immigrants differ from young children of natives and from older children of immigrants in some ways that are pertinent to policy. Finally, it is now widely accepted that the early years of life are crucial for development, underscoring the importance of policies that affect young children.

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