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Segalman, Ralph – 1968
Migration patterns in Texas, Florida, California, the Southeastern States, and elsewhere are examined through official reports, statistical data, migrant statistics at rest camps, migrant children's registrations in New Mexico, conversations, and informal observations. It is concluded that the plight of the migrant worker will grow more dismal…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Mexican Americans, Migrant Children
Prewitt Diaz, Joseph O.; And Others – 1989
This report re-examines previously gathered ethnographic data derived from approximately 3,000 hours of interviews with migrants across the United States to determine what factors associated with migration affect children's educational outcomes. The data suggest the existence of a "culture of migrancy," which is manifested in similar…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography
Colorado State General Assembly, Denver. Legislative Council. – 1970
Updating the findings reported in Colorado Legislative Publication No. 72, "Migratory Labor in Colorado," published in December of 1962, this 1970 staff report describes existing economic conditions of both growers and seasonal farm workers, governmental and private services available to the migrants, and some of the major migrant issues…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Family Life, Farmers, Federal Programs
TINNEY, MILTON W. – 1965
A STUDY OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE 5 SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTIES OF GREER, HARMON, JACKSON, KIOWA, AND TILLMAN WAS CONDUCTED IN 1964 BY THE OKLAHOMA STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. APPROXIMATELY 15,000 AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS COME INTO THE AREA EACH YEAR. THE SURVEY FOUND THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE PREDOMINATELY SPANISH-SPEAKING FROM TEXAS, EARNED LESS THAN…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Occupations, Child Labor, Educationally Disadvantaged