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Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future
B
Birth rate among immigrant populations, 6 , 23–24
Bolivians, 27
Border control, 30 , 31–32
Bracero Accords, 27–29
Brazil, 20
C
California, 21 , 64 , 65–66
Cancer, 101
Cardiovascular disease, 8 , 111 n 88
Census practices
concept of race, 40–45
ethnic categories, 4 , 21 , 37 , 38–40 , 50 , 51 , 52 n 8
parental birthplace questions, 50 , 51
strategies for improving, 50 , 51
use of surname as ethnic identifier, 39 , 52 n 7
Childbearing patterns
among youth, 25 , 103
economic outcomes and, 124
educational attainment and, 24 , 25
Hispanic family characteristics, 24
immigrant vs. native-born, 25
nonmarital, 24–25 , 78 , 79 , 106–107
prenatal care, 106
Civil Rights movement (1960s), 38
Clinton administration, 58
Cohabitation, 79 , 80
College enrollment and graduation, 7
economic outcomes and, 59 , 124
expectations and aspirations, 85 , 86
obstacles to, 86–87
trends, 87 , 123 , 124
tuition assistance, 58
two-year colleges, 87
Colombians, 44 , 65
Construction industry, 66 , 67
Country of origin
diversity within Hispanic population, 19–20 , 23 , 38
educational attainment patterns, 82
employment rate variation, 88
ethnic self-identification and, 37 , 117
geographic distribution in U.S., 21–22
household income and, 94
language proficiency and, 46
political orientation and, 69
poverty patterns, 97
undocumented immigrants, 27
U.S. population growth, 26–27
wage rates and, 90
See also specific immigrant group
Criminal justice, 16 n2
Cubans, 70
access to health care, 104
attitudes toward government, 70
childbearing patterns, 79
educational attainment, 82
employment rate, 88
ethnic/racial identity, 41 , 44
family characteristics, 24 , 78
geographic distribution of immigrant population, 21–22
household income, 94
immigration patterns, 22
infant mortality, 101
intergenerational earnings patterns, 92
language proficiency of immigrants from, 46
poverty patterns, 97
prenatal care, 106
Current Population Survey, 51
D
Depression, 103
Diabetes, 8 , 101 , 107
Diet and nutrition, 102
Directive 15 (OMB), 38–39 , 41 , 45
Discrimination
against dark-skinned Mexicans, 109 n 47