Studies of Indochinese migration show that most of the earlier refugees from Asia found jobs and have had gradual income gains. Recent arrivals are comparatively less educated and face more employment problems because of economic conditions. (SK)

Demography is clear about present cohorts; the future will include the same cohorts--only older. However, uncontrollable external forces are going to be dominant in determining America's destiny. To be effective the nation must respond quickly to these changes: the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy, an increasing number of…

Comprising 15.6% of the city population and 8.7% of the metropolitan area population in 1979, Hispanics are becoming a major segment of the labor force in Chicago. Based on ethnic composition data for 163 area elementary schools in 1970 and 1979, numbers of Mexicans and South and Central Americans are rising while the population of Puerto Ricans…

The Hispanic American elderly represent an ever growing share of America's older population. This report provides statistical information about the older Hispanic American population in the following areas: (1) demography; (2) composition; (3) geographical distribution; (4) population projections; (5) income; (6) poverty, including poverty among…

According to estimates prepared by the Bureau of the Census and the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, the 1982 farm population of 5,620,000, or 2.4% of the national population, continued a long downward trend. About 45% of farm residents lived in the North Central region, 35% in the South, 13% in the West,…

This report is based on the first international education indicators produced by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The 16 indicators were chosen to take advantage of data available in "Education at a Glance," the most up-to-date set of international educational indicators. Indicators are grouped into…