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Download full textRowe, Gene A.; Smith, Leslie Whitener – 1974
Information on the size, composition, and family income of farm wageworker households (any household with at least 1 person 14 years of age or over who performed farm wagework at any time during the year, even if for only 1 day) in 1971 is presented. Households were classified as: (1) regular--households with at least 1 member who performed 150…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Comparative Analysis, Economics, Employment Patterns
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
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
PDF pending restorationHuss, John D.; And Others – 1977
Arizona's migrant farmworker population was examined to determine the recent changes in its demographic characteristics, and changes in worker characteristics that could be anticipated by 1980 and their implications for educative and supportive services to migrant children between 1977 and 1980. Information was also obtained on migrant student…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Economic Development
PDF pending restorationBale, Richard L.; Sprague, C. Fremont – 1977
The Mountain-Plains Education & Economic Development Program, which exemplifies the comprehensive, residential family-centered approach to serving the economically disadvantaged, was compared to four similar programs in the United States: Arizona Job Colleges (AJC) in Arizona; Madera Employment Training Center (METC) in California; Manpower,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
