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Goodis, Tracy Ann; Espenshade, Thomas J. – 1986
In 1980, 25% of the 14 million foreign-born persons in the United States were in California; 1.7 million of these were in Los Angeles County. Half of the 2.1 million undocumented immigrants counted in the 1980 United States Census lived in California, and about 75% of these were of Mexican origin. Results of a 1983 Urban Institute poll revealed…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Foreign Nationals
Manson, Donald M.; And Others – 1985
Characteristics that would tend to place Mexican immigrants in direct competition with native workers for jobs at the bottom of the wage and skill hierarchy are their numbers, their largely undocumented status, low education and skill levels, and poor English-speaking ability. Using regression analysis, 1980 Census data were analyzed to determine…
Descriptors: Blacks, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Employment Opportunities
