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van Langevelde, Ab – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
The consequences of migration for the position of the Frisian language in the Netherlands are analyzed. An annual model is presented that can estimate the effect of extraprovincial migration on the number of people speaking Frisian at home. (Contains 31 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Demography, Dutch, Foreign Countries, Language Usage
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Liu, John M.; And Others – International Migration Review, 1991
Since 1965, there have been two chains of emigration from the Philippines, the largest source of Asian immigration to the United States. The entry modes used by each chain are examined to determine their effects on the composition of subsequent Filipino immigration and the strategies sponsors have pursued in both chains. (SLD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Ethnic Groups, Family Mobility, Filipino Americans
Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L.; Santiago, Carlos – 1994
This report shows that the face of the Puerto Rican population in the United States has changed dramatically in recent years. The analysis is based largely on data from the 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population, but it is supplemented by other sources. The number of Puerto Ricans in the United States has increased from close to 2 million in 1980 to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Census Figures, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment