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November 20, 2009
Mexican migrants are spending more money on taxes in the United States than on the remittances they send home to relatives, according to a new study by Mexico’s largest bank, BBVA Bancomer.
November 19, 2009
Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Report Finds Immigrants Hit Harder During Economic Downturn than Native-Born Workers
Over the last 3 years, high schools that received the lowest marks from the city have been the ones with the highest percentages of poor, black and Hispanic students, despite an evaluation system that was meant to equalize differences among student bodies, according to an analysis by The New York Times of school grades released this week.
CIS Report Attempts to Erase 100 Years of Data on Immigrants and Crime
November 18, 2009
New Study Demonstrates Hidden Credit Card Fees Take From the Poor and Give to the Rich – The report found that through imposing swipe fees on every transaction paid by plastic and requiring those fees to be buried in prices to consumers, the credit card industry ensures that the top 10% of Americans get $354 million in frills while the bottom tier pays $669 million more than they should.
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies announces the publication of the first fieldwork-based study of the impacts of the U.S. economic crisis on Mexican migration to the United States
Report from America’s Voice: The New Constituents… How Latinos Will Shape Congressional Apportionmention After the 2010 Census
November 13, 2009
ASU, ALRE release major study on Arizona’s Latino population – (direct link to report & powerpoint)
November 11, 2009
University of Texas Research Study Needs Midlife Latinas
- needed to fill out an online survey on physical activity and ethnicity; Participants will be reimbursed
November 9, 2009
Physician bias might keep life-saving transplants from black and Hispanic patients
Poll: 41 percent say Obama has not improved race relations
Essential to the Fight: Immigrants in the U.S. Military
A new report by the advocacy organization Voices for Utah Children provides fascinating and troubling information about an estimated 130,000 immigrant children who live in the Beehive State.
November 7, 2009
WCVI Study Finds Disproportionate Foreclosures in Latino, Black Communities
George Mason University Study Shows Deep Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Pockets of Prince William County
November 6, 2009
THE LEGALIZATION SOLUTION – IPC Reports Highlight Gains Made From Legalization Programs Past and Explore Future Legalization Proposals
November 5, 2009
Mixed impressions inside the poll numbers – Texans on immigration
APA Poll Finds Stress Having an Impact on Families, Hispanics
The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America. – will conduct a four-year, $2.8 million effort to apply and adapt evidence-based strategies for preventing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity in the United States, Mexico and Brazil
In a new book Migration and the Transformation of the Southern Workplace Since 1945 (University of Florida Press), University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Professor of History Colin Davis, Ph.D., along with his co-editor, Robert Cassanello, present a collection of seven essays that examine the impact that migration and globalization are having on labor in the American South.
November 4, 2009
Immigrant kids under cloud – Report says many suffer financially and from continuing ill will – Utah
November 2, 2009
Alzheimer’s researchers tap into Hispanic group at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix
October 30, 2009
Un estudio subraya el “valor económico” y potencial de crecimiento del español
October 29, 2009
Patient Medical Home Linked to Reducing Health Disparities – Studies Find Chronic Disease Awareness Lacking Among US Latinos without Usual Source of Care
Health Insurance Status Among US Latinos Affects Perception of Quality of Health Care – Researchers Link Socioeconomic and Other Factors to Health Insurance Coverage
October 28, 2009
University of Illinois at Chicago sociologists have received a $420,000 National Science Foundation grant to study how local communities respond to the issue of immigration.
Hispanic/Latinos numbers drop slightly for leading roles on TV: SAG – 3.4% of roles in 2008, compared to 7.2% of lead roles in features in 2007
American Rights at Work – Immigration Study Finds Enforcement Has Undermined Workers’ Rights
Washington State University Doctoral Researcher Documents Skills of Latino Child Care Providers
October 27, 2009
The Economic Benefits of Immigration to Louisiana
October 26, 2009
Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies.
A UC Berkeley researcher says children born to immigrant Latina mothers tend to have poorer cognitive skills as toddlers than middle-class white children.
Millions of children in the US suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D – 80% of Hispanic children tested!!!
October 17, 2009
Country of Origin Profiles: Browse detailed demographic and economic profiles of Hispanics in the United States by their countries of origin.
New study shows most Latino students drop out of high school for economic need
October 15, 2009
Hispanics Increasingly Leaving Established U.S. Gateway Communities – new research by the University of New Hampshire
October 9, 2009
LATINA VOTER INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA USAGE: Groundbreaking Poll Shows Internet & New Media Usage Vital for Engaging Latinas
Manhattan Institute Report: Measuring Immigrant Assimilation in the United States – How has the recession impacted immigrants and where they choose to live? Do immigrants learn English more quickly now than one hundred years ago? What impact have hurdles on the path to citizenship had on naturalization rates?
October 7, 2009
Migrants Give More than They Take, Says U.N. – Often vilified and mistreated, migrant workers benefit both the countries they move to and the ones they leave behind, says the latest Human Development Report released Monday.
Latinos have scant access to higher education, Pew Hispanic survey finds
Pew Hispanic Report: The Changing Pathways of Hispanic Youths Into Adulthood
Pew Hispanic Report: Latinos and Education: Explaining the Attainment Gap
September 28, 2009
Report: Hispanic Achievement Gap Persists – Hispanics 2 to 3 times less likely than Whites to receive baccalaureate degree (link to report at permalink)
Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class: 2009 Edition
Hispanics, Health Insurance and Health Care Access – Pew Hispanic Report – 60% Hispanic adults living in the United States who are not citizens or legal permanent residents lack health insurance.
How Smart Growth Disadvatages African-Americans & Hispanics
September 24, 2009
Hodges University is gathering statistics about Hispanic residents of Lee and Collier counties. – The report aggregates data mined from federal census activities. It’s the precursor to the university’s Hispanic Institute “moving toward filling in the gaps, by doing our own research,” said Aysegul Timur, professor in business administration.
Half of New Latino Immigrants to U.S. Send Money Abroad :: U.S.-born Latinos are much less likely to send remittances, unless they report being religious
Study: Minorities underrepresented in games – USC researcher surveys 150 best-selling games, finds zero Hispanic or Native American protagonists; women, children, and the elderly also disproportionately rare.
Most Mexicans See Better Life in U.S. – one in three would immigrate to the United States if they could – new Pew Research report
September 22, 2009
Study shows Hispanic and white students learn at same rate – With the highest percentage of Hispanics in the state, the WSD is accelerating the learning of ESL students without leaving the other students behind – Oregon
September 21, 2009
Diabetes is killing Latinos in Ventura County, CA at twice the rate it is claiming lives in other racial and ethnic groups. – Nearly 6% of Latinos who died in Ventura County in 2005 and 2006 were killed by diabetes
September 17, 2009
New Study Finds Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws Led to Racial Profiling – UC Berkeley
September 10, 2009
A study released Wednesday found high breast cancer mortality and low early detection rates among African American, Hispanic and rural women in five Central Texas counties.
September 9, 2009
Three Quarters of Mexican Immigrants Report Some Discrimination
September 8, 2009
Migration Slowing as Recession Bites – Report from Migration Policy Institute
September 3, 2009
New NCLR Report: Latino Worker Deaths Sound the Alarm for Declining Standards in America’s Workplaces
September 2, 2009
Southern Poverty Law Center: Climate of Fear – Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.
September 1, 2009
The latest data show that 41% of Latina students do not graduate on time with a standard high school diploma – - New MALDEF Report Highlights Latina Students Face Greater Challenges Than Counterparts
August 24, 2009
Study: Immigration judge as stressed out as emergency room doctors, prison wardens
August 21, 2009
Latino Policy Coalition poll indicates Obama trusted by Latinos; White House economic program rates high
It’s official: Political survey shows Latinos overall don’t trust Republicans for nada
August 20, 2009
Labor report: Hispanic workplace deaths decline – Fatal injury rate for Hispanics per 100,000 decreased from 5.3 deaths to 4
August 17, 2009
New study shows that white men get a lot more tips about job opportunities in upper management than Hispanics
New Cato Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Legalizing Immigrants – Reform that Includes Legalization Would Yield a Net Benefit of $180 Billion Over 10 Years, While Enforcement Efforts Alone Would Incur $80 Billion in Losses
August 12, 2009
Immigrants Are ‘Greening’ our Cities, How About Giving them a Break?
August 10, 2009
Americans Return to Tougher Immigration Stance – More want immigration decreased than kept the same or increased
August 4, 2009
2009 Kids Count Data Book Finds that Child Well-Being in Puerto Rico is at Greater Risk than in the Mainland U.S.
July 22, 2009
Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave?
July 21, 2009
Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites. – Hispanics in the Northeast had lower obesity prevalence than Hispanics in the Midwest, South or West.
July 20, 2009
Latino-owned Businesses: Potential Boon For Economy – Study commissioned by newly-formed Latino Business Chamber shows Latino businesses are positioned to grow – Strengthening Latino Businesses in Greater Los Angeles
Book tells stories of Hispanic population growth – “Voices from the Nueva Frontera: Latino Immigration in Dalton, Georgia”
July 15, 2009
Patients in Puerto Rico die at statistically higher rates from heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia than those admitted to mainland hospitals, a USA TODAY analysis of new government data shows.
July 14, 2009
Hispanic Consumers Weather Economic Storm Differently Than Non-Hispanics
July 13, 2009
Undocumented people live in a shadowy world of high fear and stress — fear of deportation and stress brought on lack of economic, linguistic and educational resources. – study from UCLA
New Pew Hispanic Fact Sheet: Puerto Ricans in the United States, 2007 – Some 4.1 million Puerto Ricans resided in the US in 2007
July 9, 2009
Barna Group Survey Shows How the Faith of America’s Hispanics Has Changed – Hispanics are assimilating the faith of the Caucasian population faster than anyone would have predicted
June 24, 2009
Latino Teens Happier, Healthier If Families Embrace Biculturalism: Report
Blacks, Latinos in L.A. more conservative than whites, Times Poll finds
June 23, 2009
A new poll commissioned by The Los Angeles Times shows that while a majority of Los Angeles residents continue to support marriage equality, opinions vary widely among racial and ethnic groups.
June 16, 2009
In a new report, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)—an anti-immigrant hate group – Takes Aim at Virginia’s Immigrants and Children
June 11, 2009
Mercury Mambo’s 2009 Hispanic Shopper + Retailer Study
June 5, 2009
A recent statewide study conducted by the North Carolina Folic Acid Campaign and published by the American Journal of Health Education revealed that only one-third of Hispanic women took a daily multivitamin with folic acid. These findings are important because Hispanics have a significantly higher risk of having a baby affected by a birth defect of the brain (anencephaly) or spine (spina bifida).
June 4, 2009
Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have released a 22-year study that reports Hispanic patients have poorer outcomes following infrainguinal bypass grafting for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD)
Massachusetts Study Examines Hispanic Diversity – A study of how Hispanic 10th graders are performing on mathematics and English-language arts tests in Massachusetts compares the test scores of various subgroups of Hispanic students.
June 3, 2009
Experian SimmonsSM and Univision unveil new data revealing consumers’ reaction to today’s economy.
June 2, 2009
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Birth Prevalence of Spina Bifida—United States, 1995-2005 – Notably, the prevalence of NTD-affected pregnancies remained higher among Hispanic women than among women in other racial/ethnic populations.
June 1, 2009
Republican Base Heavily White, Conservative, Religious – Only 5% are Hispanic according to new Gallup poll
May 29, 2009
A new report about Latina teen pregnancy doesn’t just examine the issue but, for the first time, breaks down the differences found among Latino families and how they contribute to Latina teens having the highest rates of teen pregnancies and births.
May 28, 2009
Hispanics now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18 in the United States–up from 9% in 1980–and as their numbers have grown, their demographic profile has changed. A majority (52%) of the nation’s 16 million Hispanic children are now “second generation,” meaning they are the U.S.-born sons or daughters of at least one foreign-born parent, typically someone who came to this country in the immigration wave from Mexico, Central America and South America that began around 1980. Some 11% of Latino children are “first generation”–meaning they themselves are foreign-born. And 37% are “third generation or higher”–meaning they are the U.S.-born children of U.S.-born parents.
May 14, 2009
Twitter is a Popular Social Tool for U.S. Hispanics at SusOpiniones.com – PR.com
May 7, 2009
New Sierra Club Poll Shows Hispanic Voters Concerned about Global Warming and Energy
April 27, 2009
New Southern Poverty Law Center Report Finds Low-Income Latinos in South Targeted for Abuse, Discrimination
April 22, 2009
Study: Latinas Are Technically Savvy, Brand-Loyal ‘Chief Household Officers’ – Meredith and Telemundo Team to Survey Key Demographic
April 13, 2009
Fewer than half of Hispanics in the United States believe they will be treated fairly by police or the courts, showing a level of distrust greater than that of whites but less than blacks, according to surveys. – Pew Hispanic Center
April 10, 2009
At a time when Latinos are interacting more than ever with police, courts and prisons, their confidence in the U.S. criminal justice system is closer to the low levels expressed by blacks than to the high levels expressed by whites, according to a pair of nationwide surveys by the Pew Research Center.
April 1, 2009
Sharp Growth in Suburban Minority Enrollment Yields Modest Gains in School Diversity
March 22, 2009
The intervention of lay health workers can be beneficial in increasing breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income Hispanic women, reports a new study. – “Effectiveness of Cultivando La Salud: A Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Promotion Program for Low-Income Hispanic Women”
March 11, 2009
A recent study evaluated the effectiveness of the Hispanic Labor Friend Initiative, a program located at Ogden’s Midtown Community Health Center, compared to regular health care provided to Hispanic pregnant women. The study was performed by members of BYU’s College of Nursing and was recently published in “Maternal and Child Health Journal.”
March 10, 2009
Study: Hispanic Families Eat At Home With Children More Than Other Families
