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California State Dept. of Housing and Community Development, Sacramento. – 1986
California, largest employer of seasonal labor in the United States, employs an average of 119,600 seasonal farmworkers per year. To ease problems of housing this seasonal workforce, the State Department of Housing and Community Development's Office of Migrant Services contracts with local government agencies to provide decent/affordable housing…
Descriptors: Demography, Family Characteristics, Low Rent Housing, Migrant Children
California State Dept. of Housing and Community Development, Sacramento. – 1987
California, largest employer of seasonal labor in the United States, employs an average of 119,600 seasonal farmworkers per year. Since 1966 the State Department of Housing and Community Development's Office of Migrant Services has contracted with local government agencies to provide decent/affordable housing for approximately 50,220 families…
Descriptors: Demography, Family Characteristics, Low Rent Housing, Migrant Children
California State Dept. of Housing and Community Development, Sacramento. – 1987
California, the largest employer of seasonal labor in the United States, provides low-cost housing for migrant farmworkers in 15 counties during the harvest season from April through November. In 1987, the 21st year of data collection, 27 housing centers with 2,071 housing units served 2,461 families containing 12,174 individuals. About 53% of…
Descriptors: Demography, Family Characteristics, Family Size, Low Rent Housing
Download full textHeiderson, Mazin A.; Leon, Edgar R. – 1996
This report highlights trends of migrant education in Michigan from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. Migrant education services include instruction in reading, math, oral language, English as a second language, and tutoring in other subjects. Support services include medical and dental screenings, career guidance, transportation, emergency…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Demography, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
Trabing, Mark R. – 1981
The Office of Migrant Services' (OMS) summary presents demographic data on the 2,500 migrant families in 25 housing centers in 14 California counties in 1980. The typical migrant family in an OMS center is shown to be a Mexican family of 4, with 2 parents between the ages of 18 and 44, who have completed 2 to 6 years of school, and have 2 to 3…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Anglo Americans, Demography
Colorado Migrant Council, Denver. – 1980
Social, economic, educational, and attitudinal data concerning migrant and seasonal farmworkers in 16 states were obtained through personal interviews from January 1978 through February 1979. Responses involving about 84,000 individuals were tabulated for use in program planning, administration, and funding. Data from interviews conducted in the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Attitude Measures, Databases, Demography
Young, Ruth C.; And Others – 1979
To provide current demographic and needs assessment information for public and private agencies serving migrants, a survey was conducted among farmers and the migrant workers they employed. Of 228 migrant labor camps in western and central New York, 57 were selected for study by a stratified random sampling procedure which assured adequate…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Blacks, Crew Leaders, Demography
