Lakeesha

The subject of the following questionnaire is an adult male from a minority group who emigrated to the U.S. from Ethiopia and has been in the U.S. for three years. The man lives in a segregated, same race community.
According to the Barrett article there are a number of questions you want to consider when developing a questionnaire for a person who has immigrated. The following questions are based on those guidelines;
1. What were your reasons for coming to the United States from Ethiopia?
2. Do you feel accepted in your community? You live in a community predominately-African immigrant; does that help you establish culture in the United States?
3. What ethnic groups do you associate with in the US and in what way do you associate with these groups?
4. Do you consider yourself an African American? Do you feel there is a distinction between yourself and American born persons who have African descent?
5. What languages do you speak in your household? Do you speak these languages outside your household?
6. Have you experienced discrimination in the United States?
7. Do you feel connected to your homeland? Do you still have family members in Ethiopia?
8. Do you feel your cultural background has been challenged in any way since coming to the United States? Is the culture different from the one you came from in major ways?
9. Has your family members been sick mentally or physically after the immigration to the United States? Did they receive treatment for illnesses? Is treatment easy to obtain in your community?
10. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest, how would you rate your financial security at this time? Do you think that will change in the future?
11. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being lowest and 10 the highest, how would you rate your chances of being socially comfortable in the United States?