Thursday, June 5, 2008

Big Job Lasses Among Latinos

The Pew Hispanic Center just released a report on the growing unemployment among Latinos. The loss is especially sharp among immigrants and in the housing construction. The study further documents a slow down in migration.


. . . HISPANIC TEENS MORE LIKELY TO BEHAVE RECKLESSLY
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention just released its annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey. It indicates that white and black teens are more cautious, but that Hispanics still live on the edge. This is demographically important because the Hispanic teen population -- as with general Hispanic population -- is growing faster than white or black. (See Arizona Republic article.)

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