In The United States
- First generation immigrant : immigrant youth who migrated to the U.S.
- Second generation immigrant: U.S.-born children of at least one foreign-born parent.
- Third generation immigrant : U.S.-born children of two U.S.-born parents, where at least one grandparent is foreign-born.
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