Learning and Earning: Education and Well-Being in a Texas Border Barrio.

McKee, Nancy P.

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ERIC Number: EJ398523

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Publication Date: 1989

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Learning and Earning: Education and Well-Being in a Texas Border Barrio.

McKee, Nancy P.

Urban Education, v24 n3 p308-22 Oct 1989

Studies the role of education and its effect on the economic well-being of Mexican Americans in the border city of Laredo (Texas). Finds that while barrio residents are profoundly impressed with the importance of education, Mexican American earnings fail to keep pace with educational attainment. (AF)

Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes, Family Financial Resources, Family Problems, Females, Mexican Americans, Outcomes of Education, Participant Observation, Poverty, Role of Education, Urban Areas, Urban Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Laredo)

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