I’ll be Home for Christmas… and a Few More Days After That
Some parents may be spending more than just the holidays with their grown children as 13% say one of their adult sons or daughters has moved back home.
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VII. Life Satisfaction, Priorities and Values
Large majorities of Hispanics, whether young or old, native born or foreign born, are satisfied with their lives. They are also optimistic about their futures. A majority of young Latinos say they expect to be better off financially than their parents, and a majority of older Latinos say they expect their children will be better […]
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Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America
A Pew Hispanic Center report based on a new nationwide survey of Latino youths and on analyses of government data examines the values, attitudes, experiences and self-identity of this generation as it comes of age in America.
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Questions and Data
Methodology This report is based on the findings of a telephone survey on teens’ and parents’ use of mobile phones and 6 focus groups conducted in 3 U.S. cities in October 2009 with teens between the ages of 12 and 18. The quantitative results in this report are based on data from telephone interviews conducted […]
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III. Identity
Hispanics in the United States have several options when it comes to describing their identity. They can use an ethnic label such as “Hispanic” or “Latino”; they can use their family’s country of origin; or they can call themselves “American.” The National Survey of Latinos finds that most have used all of these descriptors at […]
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VI. Education: The Gap Between Expectations and Achievement
Latino schooling in the U.S. has long been characterized by high dropout rates and low college completion rates.[15. numoffset=”15″ Kewal Ramani, Gilbertson, Fox and Provasnik, 2007.] Both problems have moderated over time, and across generations, though a persistent educational attainment gap remains between Hispanics and non-Hispanics.[16. For more background, see the Pew Hispanic Center report […]
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Appendix B: 2009 National Survey of Latinos, Survey Methodology and Topline
ABOUT THE SURVEY Results for this study are based on telephone interviews conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS), an independent research company, among a nationally representative sample of 2,012 Latino respondents ages 16 and older,[43. numoffset=”43″ Respondents younger than 18 were interviewed only with the permission of their parent or legal guardian.] from Aug. […]
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Latinos and Education: Explaining the Attainment Gap
Nearly nine-in-ten (89%) Latino young adults ages 16 to 25 say that a college education is important for success in life, yet only about half that number-48%-say that they themselves plan to get a college degree.
