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Redefining America: Findings from the 2006 Latino National Survey Luis R. Fraga

Redefining America: Findings from the 2006 Latino National Survey Luis R. Fraga Stanford University University of Washington John A. Garcia University of Arizona Rodney E. Hero University of Notre Dame Michael Jones-Correa Cornell University Valerie Martinez-Ebers

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Redefining America: Findings from the 2006 Latino National Survey Luis R. Fraga

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  1. Redefining America: Findings from the 2006 Latino National Survey Luis R. Fraga Stanford University University of Washington John A. Garcia University of Arizona Rodney E. Hero University of Notre Dame Michael Jones-Correa Cornell University Valerie Martinez-Ebers Texas Christian University Gary M. Segura University of Washington

  2. Sources of Funding • Annie E. Casey Foundation • Carnegie Corporation • Ford Foundation • Hewlett Foundation • Irvine Foundation • Joyce Foundation • Kellogg Foundation • National Science Foundation • Russell Sage Foundation • Texas A&M University: MALRC, PERG

  3. Percent Hispanic of U.S. Population, 1960-2030 Percent Source: Chapter 2. Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies. Adapted from Figure 2-2.

  4. Hispanic Births and Net Immigration by Decade: 1960-2030 Millions Source: Chapter 2. Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies. Adapted from Figure 2-1.

  5. Assimilation, Values, and Identity

  6. Latino Diversity 44 million Latinos in the US Census Bureau(American Community Survey, Released August 2006) Mexican 63.9% Puerto Rican 9% Cuban 3.5% Salvadoran 2.9% Dominican 2.7% Guatemalan 1.7% Colombian 1.8% ALL OTHERS 14.3% Native-born (not Island-born): 35.4% Foreign-born 61% Island-born PR 3.6% No high school diploma 43% College graduate 11.1% • Latino National Survey(unweighted N) • Summer 2006 • *Mexican 66.1% (5704) • *Puerto Rican 9.5% (822) • *Cuban 4.9% (420) • *Salvadoran 4.7% (407) • *Dominican 3.9% (335) • *Guatemalan 1.7% (149) • *Colombian 1.6% (139) • *All Others 7.6% • *Native-born 28.4% (2450) • *Foreign-born (adults) 66.2% (5717) • *Island-born PR 5.4% (467) • *No high school diploma 37% • *College graduate 16.2%

  7. Language Proficiencyacross Generations • Strong English dominance and nearly universal English proficiency among the first-generation of US born; • Generally strong Spanish retention, aided by refreshed populations of Spanish-speakers.

  8. Importance of Learning English/ Retaining Spanish across Generations

  9. Sense of American and Home-Country IdentityAcross Generations

  10. Attention to US and “Home Country” Politics and Public Affairs • Attention to US politics is strong, even among the foreign born, and approaches (and in some cases surpasses) levels for all other groups, among Latinos born in the US. • While about 57% of foreign born respondents agree that they should be able to vote in home country elections, only about 4% have ever done so, and about 58% report paying little or no attention to politics back home.

  11. Preferences for Cultural Assimilation and Distinctness • Support for blending into the larger culture and for maintaining a distinct culture are positively related (r=.1415): • Not seen as an either/or proposition

  12. Civic and Political Participation

  13. Latino Interest in Politics(in percentages) All US Born Naturalized Non- Respondents Citizens Citizens Citizens Not Interested 32 21 28 41 Somewhat Interested 48 50 48 48 Very Interested 20 29 24 1 QUESTION: How interested are you in politics and public affairs? Would you say you are very interested, somewhat interested or not at all interested?

  14. Civic Engagement Among Naturalized and Non- Citizens (in percentages) All US Born Naturalized Non- Respondents Citizens Citizens Citizens Group participation 19 29 23 10 Contacts officials 30 45 37 17 Organizational problem-solving 43 46 43 42 Multiple contacts w/ officials 25 20 19 31

  15. Patterns of Partisanship Overall U.S. Born Puerto Rico Born Outside U.S. Democrat 42.1 55.9 56.3 33.9 Republican 21.5 26.0 22.9 18.8 Independent 8.1 5.6 3.1 10.0 Don’t Care 12.7 4.8 5.5 17.4 Don’t Know 15.6 8.6 12.7 20.0

  16. Citizenship and Issue Positions:Problem Facing the Country Citizen Non-citizen Iraq War 30.0 33.2 Economy 14.7 12.4 Illegal Immigration 8.4 14.8 Education/ Schools 4.2 4.7 Other 12.4 6.6 “What do you think is THE one most important problem facing the country today?”

  17. Partisanship and Issue Positions:Problem Facing the Country Democrat Republican Independent Iraq War 33.8 25.1 25.8 Economy 15.0 14.6 14.5 Illegal Immigration 6.9 9.0 10.6 Education/ Schools 5.4 4.5 5.0 Other 11.7 17.3 16.1 “What do you think is THE one most important problem facing the country today?”

  18. Partisanship and Issue Positions:Preferred Party to Address Problem Facing Country Democrats Republicans Neither Don’t Know Democrat 39.4 7.4 43.1 10.1 Republican 14.6 26.2 46.3 13.0 Independent 12.1 6.8 63.8 17.2 Don’t Care 6.2 3.9 54.2 35.7 Don’t Know 6.1 4.8 48.5 40.6 “Which political party do you think has a better approach to address this problem?”

  19. Latino Linked Fate

  20. Contributing Factors to Latino Linked Fate Perceived commonality1 Latino Linked Fate • Nativity 67.4/62.9 • Language Use 67.9/61.7 • Linked fate w/ African. Amer. 74.3/58.6 • Partisan Identity 74.5/61.2 • Linked fate w/ Latinos 73.7/46.1 • Race/ethnicity of co-workers 66.6/63.3 1 The set of percentages represents Latino respondents who indicated some or a lot of commonality for native/foreign born, English/Spanish speakers. For the linked fate percentages, it is some/a lot vs. little/nothing. For partisan, it is partisans vs. non-partisans. And coworkers represent mixed group of coworkers vs. only Latinos.

  21. IMMIGRATION POLICY

  22. Latinos in the Midwest: Public Policy and Issues

  23. Latinos’ and their Schools • Grading the Schools • Participation in the Schools

  24. Grade Given to Community Schools Grade Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa ________________________________ A 32.0 27.0 32.0 44.6 B 38.1 38.0 52.2 35.5 C 19.0 26.2 10.7 13.9 D 5.3 4.3 2.5 F 5.5 4.3 4.9 3.2

  25. Kids in School Level Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa Aspir. Expect. Aspir. Expect. Aspir. Expect. Aspir. Expect. High Sch./ 4.0 14.1 8.0 7.2 7.4 19.9 8.2 20.7 GED Vocational 2.2 4.4 1.7 3.4 0.0 2.3 1.4 2.7 College 38.8 41.4 37.6 38.9 39.1 33.8 39.6 42.5 Advanced/ 54.8 39.8 52.5 39.5 53.4 43.8 50.7 33.8 Professional

  26. Has Met with Child’s Teacher Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Yes 90.9 93.0 92.6 90.8 No 9.0 6.9 7.3 9.1 DK 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Refused 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

  27. Has Attended PTA Meeting Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa ____________________________________________ Yes 74.0 71.8 72.8 67.6 No 25.5 27.6 24.7 31.7 DK 0.3 0.5 2.4 0.6 Ref 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

  28. Has Acted as School Volunteer Nation Chi metro Ill other Iowa _______________________________________ Yes 52.7 52.6 45.5 53.8 No 47.0 47.3 54.4 46.1 DK 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ref 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

  29. Contact with School Officials Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________________ No good contact 11.5 14.8 10.1 6.8 Good contact 88.2 88.9 89.7 93.1

  30. Attitude of Public Toward Latino Immigrants Iowa _______________________________________ Very/somewhat unwelcoming 43.5 Welcoming/very welcoming 54.0 Dk/Rf 3.2

  31. Most Important National Problem Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa ___________________________________ Economy 13.4 18.3 17.1 9.7 Unemp. 4.4 5.3 1.5 6.3 Illegal imm. 11.3 12.5 16.0 14.9 Other 9.6 9.0 8.2 9.8 Iraq war 31.4 28.1 23.7 33.0 DK/Ref 13.4 11.4 18.7 12.3

  32. Most Important Problem for Latinos Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Economy 6.7 6.5 9.2 4.0 Unemployment 12.1 12.6 10.1 12.0 Education 9.0 13.6 8.8 4.2 Illegal Imm. 29.7 28.7 28.3 31.6 Something else 11.5 11.9 11.6 14.8 Race relations 4.5 2.8 3.0 5.5 DK/Ref 17.5 14.3 16.9 18.1

  33. Fair Treatment by Police? Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa ______________________________________ Yes 48.2 50.5 48.1 48.2 No 39.5 38.9 42.1 40.0 DK 12.2 10.4 9.6 11.6

  34. Keep Troops in Iraq as Long as Necessary to Stabilize Nation Chi metro Ill other Iowa ______________________________________________ Oppose 59.9 64.2 61.0 55.1 Support 24.3 19.6 24.0 28.0 Not Sure 15.5 15.9 14.7 16.6

  35. Government Should Provide Incometo Those Who Need It Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Oppose 11.3 12.1 9.5 8.8 Support 80.1 77.8 84.9 82.5 Not Sure 8.5 9.8 5.3 8.4

  36. Current Health Care System Needs Government Intervention Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________________ Oppose 8.1 7.4 9.4 7.8 Support 82.4 81.2 77.9 81.2 Not sure 9.3 11.2 12.4 10.8

  37. Undocumented Immigrants Should be Charged Higher College Tuition Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _____________________________________________ Oppose 78.2 72.4 85.9 78.6 Support 14.2 11.3 11.6 14.1 Not Sure 7.4 6.0 2.2 7.1

  38. Use of Matricula Consular as Acceptable Form of ID for Immigrants Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa ____________________________________________ Oppose 18.8 11.6 11.5 17.9 Support 65.3 76.1 82.8 66.7 Not Sure 15.8 12.1 5.4 15.2

  39. Use Standardized Tests for Grade Promotion/High School Graduation Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Oppose 27.8 24.8 25.4 28.9 Support 55.0 54.3 56.9 56.2 Not Sure 16.9 20.8 17.6 14.7

  40. Fund Public Schools so All Have Same Amount Per Student Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Oppose 7.2 3.5 10.0 7.9 Support 82.8 86.2 78.8 81.2 Not Sure 9.8 10.0 11.0 10.7

  41. School Vouchers for Private School, Even if Takes Away from Public Schools Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Oppose 37.9 30.7 23.6 45.6 Support 46.3 52.4 61.4 42.7 Not Sure 15.6 16.7 14.8 11.5

  42. Replace Multi-year Bilingual Instruction with English Only After One Year Nation Chi metro Ill other Iowa _______________________________________ Oppose 42.8 47.6 39.2 49.9 Support 44.0 39.0 50.5 37.1 Not Sure 12.9 13.1 10.1 12.8

  43. Government Should Provide Income Support to Those Who Cannot Adequately Support Themselves Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Oppose 12.0 8.9 14.5 12.9 Support 75.6 80.4 82.2 76.6 Not Sure 12.2 10.4 3.110.3

  44. Same Sex Couples Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Legally Marry 19.8 22.4 19.7 22.4 Civil Union 7.0 7.6 10.0 6.4 No Legal 32.1 22.6 18.0 31.7 Recognition DK 40.9 47.2 52.1 39.4

  45. Abortion Should Be… Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Legal in All 10.5 12.8 11.0 5.8 Circumstances Legal in Most 7.4 8.6 6.1 8.4 Circumstances Legal When 48.2 47.2 46.1 53.2 Necessary to Save Mother Illegal 20.1 14.7 22.0 19.6 Unsure 13.6 16.5 14.6 12.8

  46. Public Health Clinics/Hospitals in Spanish in Your Community? Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Yes 79.9 83.3 71.4 77.1 No 12.0 9.1 23.6 16.2 DK 6.9 6.3 4.9 5.9 Refused 1.0 1.2 0.0 0.6

  47. Police/Law enforcement, Courts/Legal Representation in Spanish? Nation Chi metro other Ill Iowa _______________________________________ Yes 69.4 67.2 64.1 61.8 No 17.3 19.11 25.4 25.7 DK 12.0 11.9 10.3 11.5 Refused 1.1 1.7 0.0 0.7

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