Persons of Spanish Origin in the United StatesU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1977 |
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... question asking for self - identification of the person's origin or descent . Specifically , this report includes information on the total population of the United States and the population of Spanish origin and its subcategories ...
... question asking for self - identification of the person's origin or descent . Specifically , this report includes information on the total population of the United States and the population of Spanish origin and its subcategories ...
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... question that asked for self - identification of the person's origin or descent . Respondents were asked to select their origin ( and the origin of other household members ) from a " flash card " listing ethnic origins . Persons of ...
... question that asked for self - identification of the person's origin or descent . Respondents were asked to select their origin ( and the origin of other household members ) from a " flash card " listing ethnic origins . Persons of ...
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... questions : ( a ) " What is the highest grade of school ... has ever attended ? " and ( b ) " Did ... finish this grade ? " The questions on educational attainment apply only to progress in " regular " schools . Such schools include ...
... questions : ( a ) " What is the highest grade of school ... has ever attended ? " and ( b ) " Did ... finish this grade ? " The questions on educational attainment apply only to progress in " regular " schools . Such schools include ...
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... questions were asked on the amount of money income received in the preceding calendar year . Although the income statistics refer to receipts during the preceding year , the characteristics of the person , such as age , labor force ...
... questions were asked on the amount of money income received in the preceding calendar year . Although the income statistics refer to receipts during the preceding year , the characteristics of the person , such as age , labor force ...
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... question on Spanish origin had only one category denoting Mexican origin , whereas the March 1976 CPS had four categories for Mexican origin . 3. Determining origin of children under 14 years old . In the 1970 census the respondents ...
... question on Spanish origin had only one category denoting Mexican origin , whereas the March 1976 CPS had four categories for Mexican origin . 3. Determining origin of children under 14 years old . In the 1970 census the respondents ...
Common terms and phrases
14 years old 1975 OF PERSONS 1976 For meaning Blue-collar workers census central cities Central or South characteristics completed less Divorced dollars Families of Spanish family head Female Male Female FIVE SOUTHWESTERN Includes Central INCOME IN 1975 income of Spanish Male Female Male MALE Total March 1976 CPS MARCH 1976 Numbers marital status Married Mean number meaning of symbols Median age Median income metropolitan areas Mexican Puerto Rican number of persons Number Percent Numbers in thousands ORIGIN Number Percent Completed percent of Spanish person families Persons of Spanish persons with income poverty level Poverty Status Puerto Rican Cuban Puerto Rican origin related children reported on origin residence school completed South American SPANISH AND MEXICAN Spanish families SPANISH ORIGIN 14 Spanish origin families Spanish origin Mexican Spanish origin persons SPANISH ORIGIN POPULATION Spanish origin Total spouse absent spouse present Total Spanish origin Type of Spanish unrelated individuals White-collar workers Widowed
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Page 55 - Data reliability The data in this bulletin are estimates from a scientifically selected probability sample. There are two types of errors possible in an estimate based on a sample survey, sampling and nonsampling. Sampling errors occur because observations come only from a sample and not from an entire population. The sample used for this survey is one of a number of possible samples of the same size that could have been selected using the sample design. Estimates derived from the different samples...
Page 13 - family,' as used here, refers to a group of two or more persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such persons are considered as members of the same family.
Page 12 - SMSA is a county or group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more, or "twin cities" with a combined population of at least 50,000.
Page 13 - A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated persons, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated persons sharing a housing unit as partners, is also counted as a household.
Page 13 - ... twin cities" with a combined population of at least 50,000. In addition to the county, or counties, containing such a city or cities, contiguous counties are included in an SMSA if, according to certain criteria, they are essentially metropolitan in character and are socially and economically integrated with the central city.
Page 14 - ... an elementary or high school diploma or a college, university, or professional school degree.
Page 19 - ... years 20 and 21 years 22 to 24 years 25 to 29 years 30 to 34 years 35 to...
Page 14 - Professional, technical, and kindred workers; managers and administrators, except farm; sales workers; and clerical and kindred workers.
Page 14 - Labor force. Persons are classified as in the labor force if they were employed as civilians, unemployed, or in the Armed Forces during the survey week. The "civilian labor force" is comprised of all civilians classified as employed or unemployed.
Page 14 - Employed persons comprise all civilians 16 years old and over who were either (a) "at work"— those who did any work at all as paid employees or in their own business or profession, or on their own farm, or who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers on a family farm or in a family business; or (b) were "with a job but not at work...