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Cultural and Economic Mediation Among Spanish Speaking Migrant Farm Workers in Dade County, Florida.
Download full textFerster, Lucian Edward – 1971
Based on the study "Migrant Children in Florida", this paper discusses the Spanish speaking farm workers who migrate to Dade County yearly to harvest the tomato and fresh vegetable crops. During the fall of 1969 and the spring of 1970, questionnaires were given to a random sample of 9,065 adult migrant workers in Florida counties with…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Crew Leaders, Ethnic Groups, Masters Theses
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
Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, Austin. – 1973
The Good Neighbor Commission of Texas, organized under a 1943 Federal grant and later constituted as a State agency, coordinates the work of the Federal, State, and local governments in improving travel and working conditions of migrant farm workers. The basic responsibilities presented in its 1973 annual report are: (1) surveying conditions and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Change Agents
Arnow, Beth – 1978
A study of alcohol and drug use among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Orange and Lake counties (Central Florida) was conducted in 1978 to determine substance abuse among migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the subgroups with substance abuse problems, the farmworkers' knowledge of and attitudes toward alcohol and drug treatment programs, and the…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Agricultural Laborers, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism
Cortes, Michael E. – 1974
After surveying the vocational rehabilitation (VR) needs of disabled migratory and seasonal farmworkers in the U.S., a national plan to meet those needs was developed, in cooperation with designated state agencies. A random cluster sample of farmworkers was interviewed to determine service needs. Additional planning data were gathered by…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Attitudes, Blacks
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
