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Nieto, Sonia – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2012
This article presents a brief demographic portrait, with particular emphasis on school-related issues, that points to the dire situation of Latino/a education. According to the 2010 Census, the number of Hispanics (the term used in government data) currently was 50,477,594 million, an increase of 43 percent since 2000, making this group the…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Hispanic American Students, Migrant Children, Demography
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Levine, Robert V.; Reysen, Stephen; Ganz, Ellen – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Three field studies compared helping behavior across a sample of 24 small, medium and large cities across the United States. The relationship of helping to statistics reflecting the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of these communities was then examined. The strongest predictors of city differences in helping were population size,…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Poverty, Altruism, Crime
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Bruce, Deborah; Woolever, Cynthia; Wulff, Keith; Smith-Williams, Ida – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
The 400 fastest-growing churches (based on the percentage change in average worship attendance in the previous five years) in the Presbyterian Church (USA), a mainline Protestant denomination, were invited to take part in the US Congregational Life Survey. Completed surveys were received from 19,033 worshipers in 93 fast-growing churches. These…
Descriptors: Churches, Community Characteristics, Attendance Patterns, Social Influences