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Maingot, Anthony P. – Migration Today, 1985
International migration is not always accompanied by unusual levels of stress. This is especially true when movement occurs within the same sociocultural area (i.e., from the West Indies to South Florida). Historically, West Indians have participated in a "culture of migration" that enables them to migrate and assimilate without unusual…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Blacks
Bryce-Laporte, Roy S., Ed.; Couch, Stephen R., Ed. – 1976
This book presents six papers on Latino migrant workers and recent Indochinese refugees in the United States, most of which focus on problems of fieldwork. The book's three sections, "Migrant Workers,""Indochinese Refugees" and "Research Summaries and Reports," each contains two papers and an introduction. (1)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Hispanic Americans, Indochinese, Migrant Workers
Diaz, Joseph O. Prewitt; Draguns, Juris G. – Migration World Magazine, 1990
Reviews research on the factors that affect the mental health of Puerto Ricans who migrate to the United States. Three groups are discussed: (1) those who migrate; (2) those who migrate and return; and (3) those who migrate and return more than once. (EVL)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adjustment (to Environment), Family Problems, Hispanic Americans
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van der Tak, Jean, Ed. – Population Bulletin, 1982
Recent trends in the dynamics and character of the U.S. population, outlook for the remainder of 1980s, and prospects for long-term growth are reviewed. Estimated at 232 million as of mid-1982, the U.S. population is currently growing at about 1 percent/year, one of the developed world's highest growth rates. Natural increase (births minus deaths)…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Educational Attainment, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education