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Title: Brazilians in the United States 1980—2007

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Introduction: This report examines demographic and socioeconomic factors concerning Brazilians in the United States between 1980 and 2007. Methods: Data on Latinos and other racial/ethnic groups were obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, reorganized for public use by the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, IPUMSusa. Cases in the dataset were weighted and analyzed to produce population estimates. Results: The wave of migration from Brazil which began in the 1990s in all likelihood will continue into the future, economic fluctuations in the U.S. notwithstanding. In part this is due to the relatively high rates of educational attainment found among the foreignborn Brazilian population of the U.S. Implicit in these high rates is the fact that many migrants possess skills which command salaries in the U.S. that are significantly higher than found in the same professions within Brazil. This has been, without question, a major stimulus to out migration from Brazil. Brazilians with lower levels of educational attainment will probably continue to migrate to the United States because of the extraordinarily low salaries prevailing in Brazil . . .

Url: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/clacls_pubs/8

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Authors: Bergad, Laird

Publisher: Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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