Telephone interviews were conducted to compare reported and true date of birth and salary for 105 Mexican American, 219 Anglo American, and 134 black city employees in San Antonio, Texas. The Anglo and Mexican American samples were randomly selected from the police and fire departments; the blacks, not being concentrated in sufficient numbers in…

Bounded on the west and south by Mexico and to the east by the Gulf, the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas is separated from the nearest U.S. urban center of any size by miles of flat and arid brushland. Its total population of approximately 335,000 is essentially composed of 2 groups--Mexican Americans and Anglos. Although the region is one of the…

This executive summary of a 1979 household survey of 1,033 Texas families with children under six years of age updates previous (1973) findings. Of the households surveyed, 50% reported an annual income of less than $14,500. A single parent, usually a woman, headed 15% of these households. Most of the parents worked; 98.5% of the fathers and 40.6%…