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Peer reviewedFunkhouser, Edward; Ramos, Fernando A. – International Migration Review, 1993
Using figures from the 1980 Census, the importance of relative earnings and culture in the choice of immigration destination (Puerto Rico or mainland United States) for immigrants from the Spanish-speaking Caribbean is examined. Not all differences in location decision are attributable to differences in reward structure by location. (SLD)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Cultural Differences, Decision Making
Peer reviewedTienda, Marta; Wilson, Franklin D. – American Sociological Review, 1992
Investigates the relationship between geographic mobility and earnings of Hispanic-American and white men using the 1980 Public Use Sample from the U.S. Census. Economic returns to migration are negligible for both Hispanic-American men and white men. Among Hispanic Americans, the earnings determination process is roughly similar for movers and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economic Status, Employment Level, Ethnicity
Download full textBureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. Population Div. – 1975
This report presents a statistical portrait of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of American youth, ages 14 to 24 years old, between the late 1960's and the early 1970's. Data are included on population growth, racial composition, distribution, and mobility; education; marital status and family composition; fertility; labor force…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Census Figures, Crime, Demography
