Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-433).
Note
Includes indexes.
Contents
The structuring of Hispanic ethnicity: theoretical and historical considerations -- The Hispanic populations in numbers: census definitions in historical perspective -- A demographic and socioeconomic profile of the Hispanic population: persistence, diversity, and change over two decades -- Immigration -- Geographical distribution, internal migration, and residential segregation -- Marriage, family, and household -- Fertility patterns within the Spanish origin populations -- The educational standing of Hispanics: signs of hope and stress -- Hispanics in the U.S. Labor force -- Earnings and economic well-being -- Epilogue.