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    VI. Metropolitan Area Surveys

    In addition to the national survey of 2,000 Americans, separate surveys were conducted in the metropolitan areas of Phoenix, Arizona (N=800), Las Vegas, Nevada (N=801), Chicago, Illinois (N=801), Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (N=801), and Washington, DC (N=800). The five metropolitan areas were chosen because they have different histories with respect to immigration and because each has […]

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    Section V – Metropolitan Area Surveys

    In addition to the national survey of 2,000 Americans, separate surveys were conducted in the metropolitan areas of Phoenix, Arizona (N=800), Las Vegas, Nevada (N=801), Chicago, Illinois (N=801), Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (N=801), and Washington, DC (N=800). The five metropolitan areas were chosen because they have different histories with respect to immigration and because each has […]

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    Part 2. Demographics

    Background Men, especially young, white, educated, and fairly affluent men, were the earliest adopters of the internet. Surveys by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press in 1995 showed that about 20% of American adults used the internet and the online population was 58% male. By March 2000, the internet population had […]

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    IV. A Measure of Occupational Dissimilarity and the Socioeconomic Status of Occupations

    This section develops two composite measures that may be used to measure differences in occupational distributions and rank occupations by socioeconomic status. The occupational profile of Latino immigrants is found to be the most dissimilar from the profile of white workers. An important reason for this gap is differences in the levels of education. Hispanics […]

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    V. Changes in Occupational Distributions and Status between 1990 and 2000

    The occupational divide across Hispanics and whites grew wider between 1990 and 2000. That is perhaps surprising in light of the record economic expansion that lasted virtually the entire decade. However, restructuring within and across industries tended to fuel demand for Hispanic and non-Hispanic workers in a differential manner and they trended into different occupation […]

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    II. Introduction

    The rapidly growing presence of Hispanics in the labor force has sharpened the interest in their economic well-being. Fueled by immigration, the Hispanic labor force nearly tripled in size from 6.1 million to 16.7 million between 1980 and 2000.[1. The source for these estimates is the Bureau of Labor Statistics.] Latinos now make up 13 […]

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    III. The Occupational Characteristics of Hispanic Workers

    A distinctive feature of the occupational profile of Hispanic workers is their lack of representation in professional occupations. Instead, Hispanics are more likely than average to be found in construction and production occupations. This trait is particularly true of Latinos of Mexican or Puerto Rican origin. The ongoing immigration of workers from Mexico has served […]