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# Assimilation | |
A study of immigrant assimilation using both Facebook advertising data and a traditional survey. | |
For more information, please refer to the WebConf 2019 paper [here](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1902.09453.pdf): | |
``` | |
Stewart, I., Flores, R., Riffe, T., Weber, I., & Zagheni, E. (2019). Rock, Rap, or Reggaeton?: Assessing Mexican Immigrants' Cultural Assimilation Using Facebook Data. WebConf 2019. | |
``` | |
## Install | |
Running the code requires installing packages with `conda`. | |
We need Python2.7 for `PySocialWatcher` until it gets upgraded to Python3+ (TBD). | |
``` | |
conda create -n assimilation_py27 python=2.7 anaconda | |
conda install -r requirements.txt | |
``` | |
## Running code | |
Before running code, the environment should be activated: | |
``` | |
conda activate assimilation_py27 | |
``` | |
All code should be run from the base directory, e.g.: | |
``` | |
python example_mine.py | |
``` | |
To deactivate the environment after running code: | |
``` | |
deactivate | |
``` | |
## Relevant papers | |
- Measuring immigrant assimilation on Facebook: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1801.09430.pdf | |
- Social ties of immigrant communities: https://research.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/the-social-ties-of-immigrant-communities-in-the-united-states.pdf | |
- Monitoring migrant stock: http://www.zagheni.net/uploads/3/4/4/7/34477700/zagheni_weber_gummadi_2017_accepted_version.pdf | |
## Resources | |
- American FactFinder (census data; American Community Survey estimates): https://factfinder.census.gov/ | |
- Pew Hispanic (census data): http://www.pewhispanic.org/2017/05/03/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-current-data/ |