A REPORT OF A CONFERENCE ON THE ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEMS OF SPANISH SPEAKING MIGRANTS AND RESIDENTS OF MEXICAN, PUERTO RICAN, AND CUBAN ORIGIN ARE PRESENTED. AMONG THE LIST OF THE CHAPTER TITLES AND THE ADDRESSES PRESENTED UNDER EACH HEADING ARE--(1) LATIN AMERICAN IDEOLOGY--"CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING AND ANGLO…

Proposes analysis focusing on linkage mechanisms between ethnic populations and wider socioeconomic environments. Examines roles and motivations of "ethnic brokers" between community agencies and Mexican-Americans settling in Riverside, Wisconsin. Suggests integration of two levels of analysis helps clarify micro-level contributions to…

The decisions of Mexican American migrants to relocate permanently in Wisconsin were examined. It was shown that their decisions were strongly affected by the structural positions of decision makers with respect to economic opportunities and social networks. (NQ)

Uses data drawn from a longitudinal study to examine the several viewpoints from which the degree of success (as measured by absorption and integration) a minority group family will have after deciding to leave an agricultural or migrant economy may be considered. (Author/JM)

Examines modes of adjustment of a Mexican-American population to a changed life-style; a working-class sample was surveyed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to determine the extent to which Mexican-Americans relied on traditional patterns of managing social or economic problems. (Author/JM)

Attending the Institute held on March 29-30, 1974 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were 300 or more administrators, state department officials, project coordinators, teachers, university professors, citizens, and students from throughout the state. The institute's goal was to "impact the development of Bilingual Bicultural Education…

Examines longitudinal data on Mexican-Americans and Negroes to determine if, over a period of 11 years, they have become more like their Anglo hosts in terms of occupation, income, and level of living. Finds little significant change in the relative position of Mexican-Americans and Negroes and suggests that the community is organized to…

Results of this study indicate that the world views of Mexican Americans, blacks, and whites, and their educational and occupational aspirations for their children became more like each other between 1960 and 1971. (Author/AM)

A series of "world view" questions was utilized in generating scale scores that sharply differentiated representative samples of Chicanos (280), Blacks (280), and Anglos (413) in a longitudinal study with a 1960 baseline. Seventy-five percent of the original respondents were reinterviewed in 1971, indicating both Chicano and Blacks held…

The results of a study on the health care needs and utilization patterns of Hispanic (primarily Mexican American) families in southeastern Wisconsin are presented in this report. The methodology of the study, which included two surveys in a 9 county area, is described. Findings of the two studies, one focusing on health services utilization by…

Socioeconomic characteristics of settled-out Mexican American migrant farmworkers who were in the South Texas-based midwestern migrant stream were examined. By chain identification (each family identified 1 or 2 others), 27 subjects were located. These ex-migrants had, over the years, settled-out in and around a small city (population 40,000) in…

Brief descriptions of 7 programs specifically designed to alleviate programs were considered exemplary innovative activities, as defined by the U. S. Office of Education in the migrant evaluation format, and had not been previously tried within the State of Wisconsin. General program effectiveness (statewide) is described, including cooperative…

The original purpose of the project (of which this book is an outgrowth) was to investigate the processes of value assimilation and behavioral change; the book has come to describe the economic absorption and cultural integration of Mexican Americans and Negroes into a predominantly Anglo society. The host society consisted of Anglos; they more…

This study began in 1958 as an investigation of the adjustment problems of Mexican-Americans in a highly visible barrio on the outskirts of Racine, Wisconsin. It was believed that an understanding of the process of value assimilation would explain their success or lack of success in adjusting to Anglo society. However, as we have come to see it,…

A 1978 study of 262 migrant Hispanic farm women in Wisconsin showed they have greater numbers of children at younger ages, greater infant mortality, and use fewer contraceptive techniques. These patterns will continue until level of education improves for the children, thus increasing bilingual capacity and improving occupational opportunities.…