Latino/Hispanic Families

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Latino/Hispanic Families

• Hispanic--of Spain/Portugal.  Can also be used to
  refer to people who are Spanish speaking.
• Percentage of population
• Proportion of Hispanic population - Mexican
  American, Puerto Rican, Cuban

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Latino Families and Education

• Education valued but other needs more pressing
• Parenting styles and academic achievement (e.g.,
  Dornbusch et al.,1987)

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Latino Families - Education

• Familism and academic achievement (Baca-Zinn)
• Demographic
• Structural
• Behavioral
• Normative

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Other Hispanic Commonalities

• Language
• Religion
• Conservative attitude toward courtship
• Racial tolerance
• Respeto
• Educaci?n
• Fictive Kin, Godparents

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Hispanic Families Parenting Styles

• Parenting described as both strict and permissive
• Why? Possibilities
• Age
• Contradiction only from mainstream perspective
• Domain may be important

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Language Brokering

• Why dont they just learn English?
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• 3
• 4

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Language Brokering - Positives

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• 3
• 4

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Language Brokering - Negatives

• 1
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• 3
• 4

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Mexican American Families

• History and Immigration
• Patterns of settlers
• Immigration patterns and labor
• Economics and deportation

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Mexican American Families

• Work and immigration today
• Why people come to the USA
• Why the USA wants people to come
• Important point-situational factors and economic
  success (cultural variant)
• Situational factors influence who comes

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Mexcian American Families

• Divorce Rates
• Single-Female Families
• Extended family
• Machismo Marianismo
• Proposition 187 (California)

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Puerto Rican Families-History

• Mixture of cultures
• US citizenship 1917
• Immigration to Mainland USA
• Migration after WWII
• Age of immigrants, destination
• Implications of citizenship status

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Puerto-Rican Families Family Characteristics

• Familism and living arrangements  
• Fertility
• Divorce Rates
• Poverty
• Single-Female families
• Residence

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Harwood Research with Puerto Rican families

• Socialization of Children Self-Maximization vs.
  Proper Demeanor
• Socialization Goals
• Interactions with Children
• Organization of Social Contacts
• Developmental Milestones

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Cuban American Families-History and Immigration

• First immigrants came in 1800s
• Wavesdifferent numbers mentioned
• First wave1959.
• Top SES
• Country industrial, modern
• Gender relations (enshrined in 1940 constitution)

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Cuban American Families History and Immigration

• Second Wave (1962-1965). Boats, rafts
• Third wave1965-1973. Reuniting families
• Fourth wave. Political castoffs

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Cuban American Families- Family Characteristics

• Role of Extended family
• Poverty rates/finances
• (Women in workforce, workers in family,
  children)
• Fertility rates
• Divorce rates (working women divorce and
  no-child families)
• Single-female families 

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Cuban American Families- Family Characteristics

• Marital patterns
• Older ages
• Females vs. Males