English literacy and language minorities in the United States

The report provides an in-depth look at adult residents of the United States who were either born in other countries or were born in the United States but spoke a language other than English as young children. The report explores the English fluency and literacy of this population, their fluency and literacy in their native languages, and their employment patterns and earnings.

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Authors: Greenberg, Elizabeth; Macias, Reynaldo F.; Rhodes, David; Chan, Tsze

Corporate authors: United States. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Published: [Washington, District of Columbia], National Center for Education Statistics, 2001

Resource type: Government report or paper

Physical description: 234 p.

Access item: http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/2001464.pdf Request Item from NCVER

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Subjects: LiteracyEmploymentLanguageIncome

Keywords: Wage

Geographic subjects: North AmericaUnited States

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