... East Asian) immigrants in the U. K., including higher SES groups. Second, we consider not only the size of the paradox at the time of the child&apos ;s birth, but also the degree of its persistence ... social institutions such as the educational and health care systems, and on markers of health and social inequality. In this study we add to the long-standing sociological focus on the socioeconomic ... sample, as well as across nativity groups. The size of the foreign-born sample is comparable in the two surveys: 17% in the FFS and 14% in the MCS. In the U. S. , about 6% of mothers are foreign-born,...