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3. Subject Population: Describe the characteristics of the participant population including the
inclusion and exclusion criteria and the number of participants you plan to recruit:
I am going to be investigating a population of green card holders from the US Virgin Islands and
Puerto Rico. The 50 participants will come from the Virgin Islands because most of the population
in these regions consist of green card holders looking to achieve permanent US citizenship after
the naturalization of their green cards. The participant age range will be between 18-35 years.
They will include different ethnicities, especially the immigrants, who don’t have English as their
primary language, with a middle class economic status and a high school education level; and
have moved to the US Virgin Islands from their home countries seeking permanent residence and
US citizenship. Those immigrants who have English as their primary language and higher
education levels will be left out because they might have lived in the US for more than five years,
achieved enough education to climb the economic ladder and therefore avoid some of the major
barriers to green card naturalization.
4. Recruitment Procedure: Describe your recruitment strategies including how the potential
participants will be approached and precautions that will be taken to minimize the possibility of
undue influence or coercion. Include copies of the recruitment letters, leaflets, etc. in your
submission.
The participants will be contacted through leaflets which will be placed on public transportation
and benches on the streets, asking people to be recruitment for the study and share their
experiences on the challenges they had to face to acquire permanent US citizenship. Some of the
participants who are unable to access these leaflets, such as the prisoners and the cognitively
impaired will be approached on a face to face basis, after seeking permission from their
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caregivers or the authorities in charge.