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The 20 million second-generation Americans are substantially better off than their parents on several key measures of socioeconomic attainment including income, educational achievement and home ownership, according to a new 

They are also more likely to marry outside of their race or ethnicity and consider themselves a "typical American." 

, professor of sociology at the University of California-Irvine, and co-author of "Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation," joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the study. 

, distinguished professor of political science and sociology and director of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, also joined the discussion.

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The 20 million second-generation Americans are substantially better off than their parents on several key measures of socioeconomic attainment including income, educational achievement and home ownership, according to a new Pew study.

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