n. The members of an ethnic group who immigrated to their current country at a young age, particularly before starting school.
2011
The "1.5 generation", Chinese-Americans born outside the United States and mainly educated in the country, receive the highest returns on their educational levels of any generation.
2010
They're members of what sociologists call "the 1.5 generation" — children brought to the U.S. at a young age, raised as Americans with little connection to the country where they were born.
1986 (earliest)
Although its members are first, second and third generation Korean Americans, it is the "1.5 generation" that is bridging the gap between the ethnic community and mainstream America.
Born in Korea but educated in America, "the 1.5 generation" speaks to immigrants in Korea, but can also articulate their ideas in English.
Born in Korea but educated in America, "the 1.5 generation" speaks to immigrants in Korea, but can also articulate their ideas in English.
Rumbaut, however, cautions against "lumping foreign-born and native-born children as a 'de facto' second generation," arguing that we ought to conceive of these foreign-born youth by relying on decimal generations — ranging from the "1.25 generation" for older youth, the "1.5 generation," and the "1.75 generation" for those children who immigrate at a very young age.