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Small, Sylvia – Ethnicity, 1976
Reviews the data obtained by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in reply to a special question asked in the March 1971 monthly population survey about union membership to describe the extent of unionism among black workers and to find interrelationships between union membership, unemployment and earnings. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Black Employment, Black Influences, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedBaker, Sally Hillsman; Levenson, Bernard – Social Problems, 1975
Data demonstrate that from the start minority women do not share the occupational success of their white counterparts. The findings concerning equality of opportunity among these working class women are not optimistic. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedFoner, Nancy; Napoli, Richard – Social Problems, 1978
Two factors that may account for the differences in behavior between these groups of migrant workers are: (1) the relative value of the wages paid to Jamaicans and black Americans; and (2) the actual, as well as perceived, opportunities for mobility of each group. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis
Download full textBanks, Vera J.; Beale, Calvin L. – 1972
Utilizing data obtained from the 1970 and 1966 June Enumerative Surveys, the U.S. farm population (both operator and nonoperator) was identified by race, tenure, and value of farm products. Data were analyzed in reference to the following questions: (1) How many and what proportion of farm people live on farms of adequate and/or marginal…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status
Smith, Leslie W. – 1975
The differentials between Spanish origin and other ethnic groups of farm wageworkers were investigated by comparative analyses of age, sex, education, migratory status, employment, and earnings. Farmworkers were defined as persons 14 years and over in the civilian noninstitutional population who performed farm wagework at some time during 1973,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Agricultural Laborers, Anglo Americans
Chi, Peter S. K. – 1986
Employment characteristics, including employment status, history, and employment search patterns, were compared among three migrant groups--immigrants, recent migrants, and long-term migrants--from a representative sample of 218 migrant farmworkers randomly drawn in Wayne County, New York, during the summer of 1982. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
Smith, Leslie Whitener – 1976
Differences between Spanish-origin and other ethnic groups of farm wageworkers were investigated by comparative analyses of age, sex, education, migratory status, employment, and earnings. Farmworkers were defined as persons 14 years of age and over in the civilian noninstitutional population who did farmwork for wages at some time during 1973,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Agricultural Laborers, Anglo Americans
