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    II. Religion and Demography

    More than two-thirds (68%) of Hispanics are Roman Catholics. The next largest category, at 15%, is made up of born-again or evangelical Protestants. Although their numbers are increasing, the share of Latino evangelical Protestants is smaller than it is in either the white or black communities.[1. In this report, the terms “white” and “black” are […]

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    Glossary

    Baptism of the Holy Spirit: A distinctive experience among pentecostals and charismatics in which the believer receives spiritual gifts and powers, such as speaking in tongues, healing and prophecy. Bilingual: Hispanics who read and speak both English and Spanish, as determined by a series of questions that explore language ability and use. Charismatics: Those Christians […]

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    VI. The Ethnic Church

    The houses of worship most frequented by Latinos have distinctly ethnic characteristics. A majority of those in the congregation are Hispanic[1. In this chapter, the terms “congregation” and “congregants” are defined as an assembly of persons brought together for worship. The survey asked respondents whether they attend services where most of the other people attending […]

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    Glossary

    Back to report home Baptism of the Holy Spirit: A distinctive experience among pentecostals and charismatics in which the believer receives spiritual gifts and powers, such as speaking in tongues, healing and prophecy. Bilingual: Hispanics who read and speak both English and Spanish, as determined by a series of questions that explore language ability and use. Charismatics: Those […]

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    Is There a Litmus Test for Talk Topics?

    The Fort Dix terror plot, the Attorney General’s Congressional appearance, French presidential elections, and the Iraq debate all seized top space in the universe of talk media last week. But what you heard, or whether you heard anything at all, depended on who was doing the talking.

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    VI. Naturalization Rate

    The rate of naturalization has risen markedly over the past decade. By 1995, 48% of those eligible to naturalize had done so. By 2005, 59% had naturalized. (The naturalization “rate” describes the share of eligible foreign-born residents who obtain citizenship papers, so it is higher than the share of all legal immigrants who do, which […]

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    II. Introduction

    ELL students are generally not educated in the same public schools as other students. Almost 70% of elementary ELL students attended 5,000 schools (out of 50,000 elementary schools nationwide). These same schools educated fewer than 8% of the elementary students who were not English language learners (Cosentino de Cohen, et.al., 2005) Under the No Child […]

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    Topline

    Topline PEJ News Coverage Index December 31, 2006 – March 31, 2007   Percent of Newshole for Major Stories Story All Media Cable TV Network Evening w/ PBS Network Morning Newspapers Online Talk Radio News Radio Iraq War Total (3 threads) 22% 23% 33% 18% 18% 23% 22% 22% Iraq Policy Debate 12 16 16 […]

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    II. Introduction

    Naturalization confers specific rights, some of them quite valuable. Citizens have voting privileges and protection in foreign countries. They have the right to cross the U.S. border at will and to sponsor family members for immigration who in turn can become eligible for citizenship. Since 1996, being a citizen also is a qualification for some […]

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    Growing Share of Immigrants Choosing Naturalization

    The proportion of all legal foreign-born residents who have become naturalized U.S. citizens rose to 52% in 2005, the highest level in a quarter of a century and a 15 percentage point increase since 1990.