A century of U.S. censuses and the language characteristics of immigrants

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 387-397

  Stevens, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; EVALUATION; HISPANIC; HISTORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CENSUSES; CHILD; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EVALUATION STUDIES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033172917     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648061     Document Type: Article

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