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    II. Hispanics and Chronic Disease in the U.S.

    Chronic conditions have large impacts on U.S. health and medical spending. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 133 million U.S. residents have at least one chronic condition. Treating those diseases costs $1.5 trillion a year, which accounts for 75 percent of the nation’s spending on direct medical costs.[5. numoffset=”5″ www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/overview.htm. Chronic Disease […]

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    The Demographics of Faith

    The United States is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. Indeed, with adherents from all of the world’s major religions, the United States is truly a nation of religious minorities. Although Protestantism remains the dominant strain of Christianity in the United States, the Protestant tradition is divided into dozens of major […]

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    Depressed Economy Wallops States

    With calendar 2008 nearing an end, Stateline.org’s annual state-by-state review of major accomplishments finds lawmakers girding for big spending cuts in 2009 and beyond.

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    II. Grade Distribution

    In 2006, 48 million students were enrolled in public schools. Ten million of them are Hispanic.[6. numoffset=”6″ Although this fact sheet presents data from 2006, findings will be discussed in the present tense throughout the remainder of the document.] Overall, two-thirds (67%) of all students are enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8 and the remaining […]

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    A Plumber (Sort of) Gets His 15 Minutes

    The final presidential debate was the top campaign storyline last week. And both candidates rolled out major economic packages. But perhaps the most memorable event was the media descending on an unlikely new voice of the working class.

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    III. Utilization of a Usual Health Care Provider and Satisfaction with Health Care

    According to the survey results, more than one in four Latinos (27 percent) lack a regular health care provider.* Latinos are a diverse population, and a variety of factors need to be considered to understand why some have regular providers and some don’t. Immigration and assimilation are factors, as large shares of Latinos born outside […]

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    V. Economic Characteristics

    Hispanic students enrolled in public schools are more likely than their non-Hispanic counterparts to reside in households at or below the poverty level,[11. numoffset=”11″ For detailed information on how poverty status is determined, please see http://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variableDescription.do?mnemonic=POVERTY. Due to the way in which the IPUMS assigns poverty values, these data will differ from those that might […]

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    IV. Sources of Information on Health and Health Care

    While preventive care and regular health monitoring are essential in maintaining good long-term health and limiting the severity of chronic diseases, more than one in four Hispanics say they received no information regarding health or health care from doctors or health care professionals in the past year. This group includes a wide cross-section of the […]

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    IV. Language

    About 10.2 million of all students enrolled in public schools, or slightly more than 20%, speak a language other than English at home. After English, the most commonly spoken language in the home is Spanish, followed by Chinese, French, and Hindi and related dialects. The share of Hispanic students who speak a language other than […]