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BRIEFCASE similation of any ethnic group. Although more than half of the women reported that they speak only English at home or speak it very well, most of these English speakers were born in the U.S. In fact, nearly 90 percent of the U.S.-born Hispanic women reported that they are very conversant in English. In contrast, 73 percent of immigrant Hispanic women reported that they did not speak English at home or did not speak it very well. The analysis showed native-born Hispanic women earn signiﬁcantly more than immigrant Hispanic women. Among Hispanic women who are employed full-time, the median weekly earnings of the native born were 35 percent greater than those of immigrant Hispanic women, $540 versus $400. The median weekly pay for non-Hispanic women was $615. Native-born Hispanic women are also more likely than immigrant Hispanic women to be employed, either full-time or part-time. Six in 10 (61 percent) native-born Hispanic women are employed as compared with ﬁve in 10 (51 percent) immigrant Hispanic women. Among Hispanic women, the majority of the native born are members of the middle and upper income groups (55 percent) while the majority of immigrants, or 61 percent, are members of the lower income group. TOPLINE FINDINGS * HISPANIC WOMEN are more likely than non-Hispanic women to be employed in BLUE-COLLAR OCCUPATIONS such as building, grounds cleaning and maintenance (10 PERCENT VERSUS 2 PERCENT); food preparation and serving related jobs (9 PERCENT VERSUS 6 PERCENT); production (8 PERCENT VERSUS 4 PERCENT); and personal care and service occupations (7 PERCENT VERSUS 5 PERCENT). * Immigrant Hispanic women are represented to a much larger degree than native-born Hispanic women in agricultural, manufacturing and SERVICE-ORIENTED INDUSTRIES. Immigrants make up two-thirds or more of the Hispanic women who work in agriculture, manufacturing; personal and laundry services, private household services; restaurant and lodging services industries. * Immigrant Hispanic women are more likely than native born Hispanic women to have less than a high school education. Nearly half (49 PERCENT) of all Hispanic women immigrants have not completed high school, compared with 22 PERCENT of the native born. * Native-born Hispanic women are nearly twice as likely as immigrant Hispanic women to have some college education. While 46 PERCENT of native-born Hispanic women have at least some COLLEGE EDUCATION, only 24 PERCENT of immigrant Hispanic women do. * While only 13 percent of nonHispanic women are uninsured, almost half (47 PERCENT) of immigrant Hispanic women and a quarter (25 PERCENT) of nativeborn Hispanic women lack health insurance. HISPANIC ENTERPRISE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF WOMEN, 2007 (%) LESS THAN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA SOME COLLEGE Non-Hispanic Hispanic Natibve-born Hispanic Foreign-born Hispanic 22 49 10 36 31 28 32 29 32 14 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATED COLLEGE GRADUATED OR MORE 30 22 28 12 15 10 Note: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the 2007 Current Population Survey (NBER MORG data file). ENGLISH-SPEAKING ABILITY OF ADULT-HISPANIC WOMEN, BY NATIVITY, 2006 (%) ENGLISH ONLY Hispanic Native-born Hispanic Foreign-born Hispanic 4 Note: ENGLISH VERY WELL 19 35 23 37 51 73 ENGLISH LESS THAN VERY WELL 45 14 These data are based on information obtained from two questions: Does this person speaks a language other than English at home? If yes, how well does this person speak English? For the second question, the response options include very well, not well and not at all. For this analysis, anyone who spoke a language other tahn English and spoke English well, not well and not well at all were collapsed into one category – English less than very well. Percentages may not total 100 due to roundings. Source: Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the 2006 American Community Survey (IPUMS 1% sample) 14 June/July 2008

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Hispanic Enterprise - June/July 2008 Contents Briefcase: BIZBUZZ: Business Briefs Briefcase: Dynamic Trends Briefcase: Q&A Briefcase: Trendsetters BizLife: BizTech BizLife: Travel Feature: Target: Hispanics Cover Story: A Legend in His Own Time Feature: Top 25 Franchises Success & Motivation: The Talent Scout Education: Success by Degrees Finance & Investing: A Tough Sell Social Events: Emerge Dallas Politics & Government: The Accidental Americans Managing: Deconstructing Networking

Hispanic Enterprise - June/July 2008

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