Economic Status of the Hispanic Population

Marie T. Mora, The University of Texas - Pan American, USA.Alberto Dávila, The University of Texas - Pan American, USA.

• Preface.Acknowledgements.List of Contributors.Chapter 1. An Overview of Hispanic Economic Outcomes in the First Decade of the 2000s, Marie T. Mora and Alberto Dávila.Chapter 2. Educational Expectations and Realities for Young Latinos, Mark Hugo López.Chapter 3. The Evolution of Hispanic Literacy in the Twenty-First Century: From the First to the Third Generation, Arturo Gonzalez.Chapter 4. Poverty Among Hispanics in the United States, Mary J. Lopez.Chapter 5. A Multilevel Analysis of Latinos' Economic Inequality: A Test of the Minority Group Threat Theory, Carlos Siordia and Ruben Antonio Farias.Chapter 6. Rural Latinos: An Assessment of Evolving Conditions, Refugio I. Rochín.Chapter 7. The Economy and Latinos: Trying to Find Affordable Care with High Medical Costs and the Economic Recession, Jillian Medeiros and Gabriel Sanchez.Chapter 8. Hispanic Origin and Obesity: Different Risk Factors, Different Responses, Veronica Salinas, Jillian Medeiros, and Melissa Binder.Chapter 9. Market Work, Home Production, Personal Care and Leisure: Time Allocation Trajectories of Hispanic Immigrant Couples, Andres J. Vargas.Chapter 10. Lessons Learned and Issues Raised About Hispanic Economic Outcomes, Alberto Dávila and Marie T. Mora.Appendix: Major Datasets Used.About the Editors.