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Social Work with Latinos$
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Melvin Delgado

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780195301182

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301182.001.0001

Demographic Profile, Trends, and Commentary

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(p. 21 ) Chapter 2 Demographic Profile, Trends, and Commentary
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Social Work with Latinos
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Melvin Delgado

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301182.003.0002

This chapter presents the latest demographic information on Latinos, highlighting key demographic trends in a variety of domains that have direct implications for social work practice. Commentary and analysis is provided to contextualize what these statistics mean from a historical and present-day perspective, in an attempt to identify key social and economic implications for the nation. In addition, a section is devoted to looking at Latino demographics within a historical context, in order to develop an appreciation of Latinos in the United States.

Keywords:   Latinos, social demographics, educational attainment, economic demographics

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