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Search results for "migration" ...
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Covering Migration
This tipsheet describes how to use the Census Bureau's new American Community Survey to track local migration rates each year. Overberg explains why this data is important and how to analyze it.
Tags: population; census; migration; moving; IRS; factfinder.gov
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Resources for U.S.-Mexico Migration Issues
This is a list of "online resources for research and current awareness of U.S.-Mexico migration issues."
Tags: Mexico; migration; immigration; border patrol; international relations
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US-MEXICO BORDER ISSUES Official Information Sources for US-Mexico migration issues
Molly Molloy provides a list of information websites for US-Mexico migration issues. Find out what the US government and Mexican sources have to say, and tap into what other research and advocacy organizations have discovered. There is also a special section on immigration reform and restrictions. Each website includes a brief description of the information available.
Tags: Mexico; US-Mexico; border; border issues; border sources; internet; website; Latin America; open access; open access information; US-Mexican studies; border studies; Latin American Studies; border resources; migration; advocacy organization; immigration reform; immigration restriction; immigrant; refugee
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US-MEXICO BORDER ISSUES General Resources
Molly Molloy lists websites that provide resources and open the access to information on US-Mexico border issues, both in English and in Spanish. Find out about websites related to border studies. Look at a list of media that cover border issues, from both sides of the border. Each website listed includes a brief description of the internet site.Tipsheet en ingles y espanol
Tags: Mexico; US-Mexico; border; border issues; border sources; internet; website; Latin America; open access; open access information; US-Mexican studies; border studies; Mexican media; media in Mexico; Open Access Journals; SciELO; OAIster; Highwire Press; Library of Congress; Hispanic Division; Country Studies; Latin American Studies; border resources; Political Database of the Americas; Center for Latin American Studies; Americas Program; SICE; Commission for Environmental Cooperation; BorderBase; Center for US-Mexican Studies; migration
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William Frey studies
William Frey, a demographer with the Population Studies Center, provides a list of research studies he's done that are available for ordering. Among the studies are "Race, Class and Poverty Polarization across Metro Areas and States: Population Shifts and Migration Dynamics" and "Immigration and Internal Migration 'Flight': 1990 Census Findings for California. The handout includes a couple of articles from American Demographics. The complete handout is available from the Resource Center.
Tags: census; income; immigrants; statistics
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The Woman Trade
Baskin lists several organizations and their Web sites that offer information about the still-thriving slave trade and exploitation of immigrants.
Tags: victims; visas; UN Protocol to Prevent; Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons; migrant domestic workers' rights; women and children; human rights; migration; The Coalition to Abolish Slavery.
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Census 2000 Stories
Three tipsheets in one! "Getting Help to Get Ready" lists resources to begin the self-educating on the Census 2000 information. "10 Census 2000 Stories Any Newspaper Can Do" is a listing of ten quick hits based on Census 2000 data."Census 2000: Which Numbers Do We Use?" helps figure out how to measure the change and adjustments.
Tags: CAR; Census; density; population; growth; immigration; migration; boomers; group living; undercount.
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Once upon a byte
This tipsheet offers advice and information for journalists reporting on community development and population.
Tags: development; census; data; community population information
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Fresh Demographic Data for Communities in Flux
Cohn explains how to get and use new demographic data at the county level.
Tags: county; census; demographics; race; migration; elderly; immigration; statistics; IRS