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Title:

The State of Puerto Ricans 2017 / edited by Edwin Melendez and Carlos Vargas-Ramos.

Publisher:

Centro Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

138 pages : maps, charts ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Puerto Ricans--United States--Social conditions--21st century--Statistics.
Puerto Ricans--United States--Economic conditions--21st century--Statistics.
2000-2099

Other Authors:

Meléndez, Edwin, editor.
Vargas-Ramos, Carlos, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Puerto Rican resiliency and endurance / Edwin Melendez & Carlos Vargas-Ramos -- Demographic changes and internal migration / Carlos Vargas Ramos and Jennifer Hinojosa -- Brain drain, revisited / Jennifer Hinojosa -- Migration and military service: a pathway to the middle class / Harry Franqui-Rivera -- The Puerto Rican education pipeline: New York City, New York State and the United States / Luis O. Reyes -- School, work and the transition of Puerto Rican youth to adulthood / Edwin Melendez -- Puerto Rican entrepreneurship in the U.S. / Jennifer Hinojosa -- Puerto Rican households in the U.S. / Eric Franqui -- Puerto Rican housing characteristics / Jennifer Hinojosa -- Some social differences on the basis of race among Puerto Ricans / Carlos Vargas-Ramos -- Recent trends in Puerto Rican electoral and civic engagement in the United States / Carlos Vargas-Ramos -- Health of Puerto Ricans in the United States / Leonell Torres-Pagan -- Eating well (when you can): food security among stateside Puerto Ricans / Melissa Fuster -- Health insurance coverage among Puerto Ricans, 2010-2015 / Jennifer Hinojosa.

ISBN:

1945662123 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781945662126 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)986523766

LCCN:

2017021705

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)