Determinants of English proficiency among Mexican migrants to the United States

International Migration Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-50

  Espinosa, Kristin E ^a   Massey, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; IMMIGRANTS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LITERACY--DETERMINANTS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ACCULTURATION; AMERICAS; COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; IMMIGRANTS; LANGUAGE; LATIN AMERICA; LITERACY--DETERMINANTS; MEASUREMENT; MEXICO; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AMERICAS; COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031100241     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547256     Document Type: Article

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