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Source: National Council of La Raza
Resulting in 4 citations.
1. Andrade, Sally J.
Aspirations of Adolescent Hispanic Females for Marriage, Children, Education and Employment
Report, National Council of La Raza, U.S. Department of Labor, May 1982
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Expectations/Intentions; Hispanics; Marriage; Racial Differences; Sex Roles

This study provides descriptive profiles of the aspirations of adolescent Hispanic females and males and analyzes the relative differences and similarities among young Hispanics, whites/Anglos, and blacks. Young Hispanic females tended to be married more than other groups, but data from both the NLSY and the High School and Beyond Survey suggest that young white females value marriage somewhat more than Hispanic females. Hispanic females apparently idealize larger size families to a greater extent than white females and expect to have slightly more children, while white females give a higher rating to the importance of having children. Black females were less likely than either Hispanic or white young women to be married, expect to married, and marry early. They were more likely already to have had a child than the other two groups of young women, and while they tended to idealize large families, they had the lowest expectations of having large numbers of children and the highest percentage who did not expect to have any children. Young Hispanic males seemed somewhat more positive about marriage than black males and similar or more positive than white males. In both surveys, Hispanic males were more positive about larger families than were Hispanic females, as was true in the case of Black males and females. Implications for family formation, plans on labor force participation is also discussed. The study concludes overall that no clear- cut pattern emerges that allows one to characterize Hispanics as less motivated or more traditional in their attitudes than their white and black counterparts.
Bibliography Citation
Andrade, Sally J. "Aspirations of Adolescent Hispanic Females for Marriage, Children, Education and Employment." Report, National Council of La Raza, U.S. Department of Labor, May 1982.
2. Madrigal, Sergio X.
School-to-Work Transition: The Experience of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Youth
Report, National Council of La Raza, 1982
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Collective Bargaining; Earnings; Educational Attainment; Hispanic Youth; Racial Differences; Training; Transition, School to Work

Data from the 1979 youth cohort show that Hispanics have a lower rate of return for a year of education than black or white youth. Contrary to expectations, however, previous job experience and training did not significantly contribute to wage rate. Three reasons explaining the low wage rate of minorities compared to that of white youth are proposed: (1) minorities have lower educational endowments than the majority; (2) a smaller percentage of minorities has achieved the threshold of the high school diploma; (3) minorities do not appear to translate their educational investments into higher earnings as well as the majority youth. The study concludes with several policy recommendations.
Bibliography Citation
Madrigal, Sergio X. "School-to-Work Transition: The Experience of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Youth." Report, National Council of La Raza, 1982.
3. Ramirez, Albert
Chavez, Ruth
Family- and Work-Related Attitudes and Aspirations of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Youth
Research Reports on Hispanic Youth Employment Series, No. H10. Washington, DC: National Council of La Rasa (NCLR), 1982
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Family Size; High School Dropouts; Hispanic Youth; Hispanics; Occupational Aspirations; Racial Differences; Work Attachment; World of Work Test

This report was also presented at the Symposium on Hispanic Youth Employment: Research and Policy Issues in Washington DC, 1982.

White non-Hispanic and Hispanic youth are compared in this study and found to have more similar than dissimilar work- and family-related attitudes as well as aspirations and expectations. Both groups indicate a high level of work commitment, particularly apparent among Hispanic males, and both want a fair wage for their work. Knowledge of world of work, however, is highest among non-Hispanic youth and among males. Differences regarding ideal, desired, and expected number of children are statistically significant between the two groups, but actual differences are rather small. A high congruence appears, for example, between Hispanic males and females in terms of their ideal, desired, and expected number of children--these attitudes tend toward the direction of non-traditional and thus do not support those studies characterizing the Hispanic family as male-dominated and non-egalitarian. Both groups aspire to education beyond high school and expect to achieve additional schooling. An important difference between these groups, nonetheless, is that Hispanic youth are more likely to drop out of school because of outside responsibilities such as family, financial, or work-related reasons than because of school-related reasons.

Bibliography Citation
Ramirez, Albert and Ruth Chavez. "Family- and Work-Related Attitudes and Aspirations of Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Youth." Research Reports on Hispanic Youth Employment Series, No. H10. Washington, DC: National Council of La Rasa (NCLR), 1982.
4. Torres, Marcia G.
Young Hispanic Mothers Enrolled in School and/or Employed in the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of the Labor Force
Report to the National Council of La Raza, U.S. Department of Labor, 1982
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Family Influences; Hispanics; Marital Status; Motherhood; Role Models; Teenagers

This study focuses on young Hispanic mothers' experiences and shows that these women did not demonstrate a motivation to become mothers at an earlier age than whites or blacks. They did, however, tend to leave school for family related reasons (pregnancy, marriage, etc.) and they were more likely to be married and to remain married. Although the majority were born in the United States, a large minority were born outside the U.S. and 89 percent spoke Spanish in their childhood. Most were raised as Catholics and continued to practice. Among those who were active outside the home, most worked and expressed a desire to continue working in the future even if they did not have economic need. They were also very interested in additional job training, aspired to obtain better jobs in the future and felt optimistic about being able to do so. If their families encountered economic problems in the future, they strongly preferred other alternatives than going on welfare, and they were almost 100 percent opposed to considering such alternatives as shoplifting to alleviate their problems. Although these young mothers had limited role models for educational achievements, they had very positive attitudes toward school and aspired to complete college successfully. The majority, however, left high school before graduating, usually due to family related or financial problems.
Bibliography Citation
Torres, Marcia G. "Young Hispanic Mothers Enrolled in School and/or Employed in the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of the Labor Force." Report to the National Council of La Raza, U.S. Department of Labor, 1982.