Hispanics in the 2008 Election: Puerto Rico
More than 3.9 million people reside in Puerto Rico and 2.8 million of them are eligible to vote.
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III. 2008 Candidate Preference and Demographics
Support for Obama is strong across all demographic groups of Hispanic registered voters, with few significant differences by gender, age, education, income or immigrant status. Religion is the only major demographic category in which there are significantly different levels of support among Hispanics. Among Latino registered voters who identify with a religion, McCain’s support is […]
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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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Appendix A: Methodology
Overall Methodology National projections are usually done with what is called the cohort-component model in which the initial population is carried forward into the future by adding new births, subtracting deaths, adding people moving into the country (immigrants), and subtracting people moving out (emigrants). The model used for the Pew projections is is a variant […]
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The Hispanic Vote in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries
This report examines the turnout, demographic characteristics, opinions and voting patterns of the Hispanic electorate in Democratic primaries and caucuses held so far in 2008.
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Mexican Immigrants Speaking Little or No English
Nearly three-quarters of Mexican immigrants (71%) say they speak English just a little or not at all.
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III. Foreign-Born Hispanics
The next sections of this report look in-depth at how some characteristics of adult immigrants are linked to their skill in using English. In general, immigrants are most likely to speak and read English very well if they have lived in the United States for many years, hold a college degree or arrived in this […]
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English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States
Nearly all Hispanic adults born in the United States of immigrant parents report they are fluent in English. By contrast, only a small minority of their parents describe themselves as skilled English speakers.
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IV. Workplace and Home
All Hispanics are more likely to speak English on the job, where it may be a necessity of employment, than at home. Among Latino immigrants, 29% speak more English than Spanish or only English at work, compared with 7% who do so at home. An additional 24% speak English and Spanish equally at work, and […]
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II. Introduction
Immigrants who learn English well make their way much more easily in the United States than those who do not. They can obtain a higher level of education and better-paying jobs than people with limited English language skills (Bleakley and Chin, 2004; Carnevale, Fry and Lowell, 2001). They can navigate complex paperwork, understand political debates […]
