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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED341263 AUTHOR: Chapa, Jorge


TITLE: Population Estimates of School Age Language
Minorities and Limited English Proficiency Children of the
United States, 1979-1988.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 29 p.; In: Proceedings of the Research Symposium on
Limited English Proficient Students' Issues (1st,
Washington, DC, September 10-12, 1990); see FL 020 030.

ABSTRACT: Estimates of the school-age, 5-17-year-old,
language minority and Limited-English-Proficient (LEP)
populations in the United States are discussed. The
estimates are based on the population counts for first,
second, and third generation Hispanics, Anglos, Asians, and
Blacks derived from the June 1988 Current Population
Survey. The language minority population is estimated by
determining the ratio of language minority children to the
total population for each race-ethnic-generation group from
the November 1979 Current Population Survey. The LEP
estimates, derived from multiplication of the non-English
languages background (NELB) population by LEP-to-NELB
ratios established in previous studies, are much higher
than some projections that do not reflect the impact of
recent high rates of Hispanic and Asian immigration.
Fifteen tables and figures are provided to illustrate
population statistics, language usage, generational
distributions, etc. (LB)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adolescents-; Asian-Americans; Blacks-;
Children-; Elementary-Secondary-Education; Hispanic
Americans; Immigrants-; Tables-Data; Trend-Analysis
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *English-Second-Language; *Ethnic-Groups;
*Limited-English-Speaking; *Minority-Groups; *Population
Trends

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