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Barton, Amy E. – 1978
A one year descriptive study of demographic characteristics, employment situations, and supportive services needs of women farmworkers in the California labor force was conducted in 1977-78. Data were collected in interviews with both employers and 400 women and 200 men engaged in farmwork in Fresno and Imperial Counties. Most of the women were of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes
Download full textSmith, Leslie Whitener; Rowe, Gene – 1978
The report presents data on demographic, social and economic characteristics of 2.8 million persons 14 years of age and over who did farmwork for cash wages or salary in 1976, and summarizes some of the more pertinent changes in the size, composition, and employment patterns of hired farmworkers. Data, taken from a survey conducted by the Bureau…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Employed Women
Peer reviewedTwining, Mary Arnold, Ed. – New York Folklore: The Journal of the New York Folklore Society, 1987
Migrant farm workers are the concern and theme of this special serial issue. Migrant farm workers arrange much of their social and economic life around seasonal changes as they follow jobs up the eastern migrant stream to its northenmost part in New York state, then south to Florida. The education, health, and folk arts program at the Board of…
Descriptors: Art Education, Black Culture, Community Centers, Community Education
Zonligt, Martin J. – 1973
A survey of rural areas in California, Oregon, Washington State, Idaho, and south Texas, this study investigated the lack and need of library and other information services for migrants and seasonal farmworkers. Research concentrated on community and library based information services. The overall recommendation of the document was that Survival…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bookmobiles, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Leaders
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Migrant Education Programs. – 1997
This directory provides information on federal programs and national organizations that serve migrant farmworkers and their families. Specifically, the directory lists programs administered by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Justice, and Labor, and the Environmental Protection Agency. The directory also…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Elementary Secondary Education
Ruducha, Jenny – 1994
This report examines differences in measures of health status and health services utilization among 386 migrant children (ages 6 months through 5 years) from 253 households. Data were collected from Delmarva Rural Ministries (a migrant health center than maintains three satellite sites serving a 10-county area in Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland),…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Blacks, Child Health, Cultural Influences
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1967
Migratory farm workers employed in 688 countries in 46 states in 1965 represent a 9 percent increase over 1964. Average earnings for the migratory farm worker in 1965 were $1,737. In spite of the new legislation, which is described, there are additional needs in the areas of wages, child labor, health, education, day care, housing, sanitation, and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agricultural Laborers, Child Labor, Collective Bargaining
Pollack, Susan L.; Jackson, William R., Jr. – 1983
The report presents data on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the approximately 2.5 million persons 14 years old and over who did hired farmwork during 1981. Data from a survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census included each state and the District of Columbia but not Puerto Rico or other United States territories. In…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures
Weseman, Marcus – 1980
The United States Departments of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) have cosponsored a number of demonstration programs to train economically disadvantaged migrant and seasonal farmworkers for energy-related technical and skilled occupations. A descriptive study of the first DOE/DOL demonstration was made to determine the impact of training on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Arnow, Beth – 1978
A study of alcohol and drug use among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Orange and Lake counties (Central Florida) was conducted in 1978 to determine substance abuse among migrant and seasonal farmworkers, the subgroups with substance abuse problems, the farmworkers' knowledge of and attitudes toward alcohol and drug treatment programs, and the…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Agricultural Laborers, Alcoholic Beverages, Alcoholism
MAURER, WAYNE F. – 1967
THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF ADULT MIGRANT EDUCATION, AS DISCUSSED IN THIS REPORT, IS TO ELIMINATE POVERTY BY PREPARING THE MIGRANT FOR PROFITABLE PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY. THE FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STATES THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE IMMOKALEE MIGRANT ADULT EDUCATION PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND PRE-VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCES…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Basic Education, College Applicants, Consumer Economics
Cortes, Michael E. – 1974
After surveying the vocational rehabilitation (VR) needs of disabled migratory and seasonal farmworkers in the U.S., a national plan to meet those needs was developed, in cooperation with designated state agencies. A random cluster sample of farmworkers was interviewed to determine service needs. Additional planning data were gathered by…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Attitudes, Blacks
Schumacher, Yvonne; And Others – 1983
Based on facts gathered in 1982-83 and prepared to inform the United States Commission on Civil Rights of the status of migrants in the State of Maryland, this report summarizes findings about housing, health and safety, access/communication/transportation, employment issues, and education. The summary of housing conditions notes that more than…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Civil Rights, Equal Protection, Health Needs
Pollack, Susan L. – 1986
In 1983, about 2.6 million people 14 years of age and older did hired farmwork. Most of the woekers were White (73%), under 25 years old (50%), and male (78%). Hispanics made up 13% of the work force, and Blacks and other minority groups made up 14%. There were significant regional differences in racial/ethnic composition. Hispanic workers were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures
PDF pending restorationBennett, Donald G. – 1977
In an effort to lessen the social and economic dysfunctions many California farm workers suffer because of the migratory and seasonal nature of their jobs, a three-phase study was conducted to research, develop, and implement a new career system for the farm worker. During the project's first phase, a job task analysis was conducted on four…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Career Development, Career Ladders
