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Title: Handbook of Rural Aging

Citation Type: Book, Whole

Publication Year: 2021

ISBN: 9781003128267

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003128267

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Abstract: Despite common perceptions, Latina/os have always been part of rural America, beginning two centuries ago in southwestern lands that once belonged to Mexico (Saenz, Fox, & García, 2012). For much of the twentieth century, many Latina/o families in South Texas made annual treks throughout the U.S. to work as migrant farmworkers picking a wide variety of crops (Valle, 1994). More recently, beginning in the late 1980s, many Latina/os migrated to new destinations where they were recruited to work largely in meat and poultry processing operations (Marrow, 2011). Latina/os are now the largest minority group in rural America. While little is known about rural Latinos, this is particularly true in the case of Latina/o older adults. This entry focuses on the rural Latina/o older adult population. In particular, it has two objectives: 1. to provide an overview of the knowledge base regarding Latina/o older adults in rural areas and 2. to carry out an analysis that highlights the population trends of rural Latina/o older adults along with their demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics.

Url: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003128267

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Authors: Sáenz, Rogelio

Publisher: Routledge

Publisher Location: New York City

Pages: 257-262

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Edition: 1

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Aging and Retirement, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Migration and Immigration

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