Persons of Spanish Origin in the United StatesU.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1978 |
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14 years old 1976 OF SPANISH AMERICAN OTHER SPANISH Blue-collar workers Central or South confidence interval Cuban origin Current Population Survey Errors of Estimated estimated number FAMILY HEAD five Southwestern formula HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD housing units II-N INCOME IN 1976 INCOME MEAN INCOME INCOME PERCENT kindred workers March 1977 CPS marital status mean number meaning of symbols Median age MEDIAN INCOME MEAN metropolitan areas MEXICAN ORIGIN FAMILIES MEXICAN PUERTO RICAN number of persons Number Percent Numbers in thousands obtain standard errors occupation origin¹ percent of Spanish percentage person families persons of Spanish poverty level poverty threshold PUERTO RICAN CUBAN Puerto Rican origin related children report on origin residence school completed South American origin SPANISH AND MEXICAN Spanish families SPANISH ORIGIN 14 Spanish origin families Spanish origin Mexican SPANISH ORIGIN POPULATION SPANISH ORIGIN TOTAL table A-2 TOTAL PERSONS TOTAL TOTAL WITH INCOME TYPE OF SPANISH unrelated individuals White-collar workers
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Page 63 - The reliability of an estimated percentage, computed by using sample data for both numerator and denominator, depends upon both the size of the percentage and the size of the total upon which the percentage is based. Estimated percentages are relatively more reliable than the corresponding estimates of the numerators of the percentages, particularly if the percentages are 50 percent or more.
Page 59 - Professional, technical, and kindred workers; managers and administrators, except farm; sales workers; and clerical and kindred workers.
Page 59 - Persons employed at more than one job are counted only once in the census and are classified according to the job at which they worked the greatest number of hours during the reference week.
Page 59 - Unemployed persons are those civilians who, during the survey week, had no employment but were available for work and (1) had engaged in any specific jobseeking activity within the past 4 weeks, such as registering at a public or private employment office, meeting with prospective employers, checking with friends or relatives, placing or answering advertisements, writing letters of application, or being on a union or professional register. (21 were waiting to be called back to a job from which they...
Page 59 - ... or volunteer work for religious, charitable, and similar organizations. Unemployed. Unemployed persons are those civilians who, during the survey week, had no employment but were available for work and (1) had engaged in any specific jobseeking activity within the past 4 weeks, such as registering at a public or private employment office, meeting with prospective employers, checking with friends or relatives, placing or answering advertisements, writing letters of application, or being on a union...
Page 21 - Under 5 years 5 and 6 years 7 to 9 years 10 to 13 years 14 and 15 years 16 and 17 years 18 and 19 years 20...
Page 20 - ... 10 to 13 years 14 and 15 years. 16 and 17 years 18 and 19 years 20 and 21 years 22 to 24 years 25 to 29 years 30 to 34 years 35 to 44 years.
Page 59 - Year-round full-time worker. A year-round full-time worker is one who worked primarily at full-time civilian jobs (35 hours or more per week) for 50 weeks or more during the preceding calendar year.
Page 59 - Families and unrelated individuals are classified as being above or below the poverty level using the poverty index originated at the Social Security Administration in 1964 and revised by Federal Interagency Committees in 1969 and 1980.
Page 59 - This index provides a range of income cutoffs or "poverty thresholds" adjusted to take into account such factors as family size, sex and age of the family head, the number of children, and farm-nonfarm residence.