Mexican American and Immigrant Poverty in the United States

This book provides a comprehensive portrait of the experience of poverty among Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants in the US. Given that these two groups experience some of the highest rates of poverty of any ethnicity and that it persists even while a majority work and reside in dual parent ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garcia, Ginny
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2011, 2011
Edition:1st ed. 2011
Series:The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Nomenclature
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Prior Studies
  • Chapter 3: Settlement and Geographic Redistribution Patterns
  • Chapter 4: Data and Methods
  • Chapter 5: Individual Level Results: Mexican Americans
  • Chapter 6: Individual Level Results: Mexican Immigrants
  • Chapter 7: Multilevel Analysis and Results
  • Chapter 8: Implications and Policy Suggestions
  • Chapter 9: Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C.