Abstract
In the past decade large numbers of Indochinese have sought asylum in the United States. Interviews conducted with a sample of refugees resettled through one voluntary agency attempted to determine the degree of social, economic and psychological adjustment. In particular, the religious beliefs and practices of the resettled refugees were investigated in order to understand how religion relates to the general process of refugee resettlement. Religion was found to be an important factor according to the refugees. A number of religious changes were observed including a significant number of shifts in religious identity. Discriminant analysis was used to identify those variables most likely to predict a change in religious identity. In addition, results ofa six month follow-up of a sub-sample of those originally interviewed indicates that further changes were taking place.
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