Hispanics in the Work Force, Part III: Hispanic Youth.

Autor/inn/en	Escutia, Marta M.; Prieto, Margarita
Institution	National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC.
Titel	Hispanics in the Work Force, Part III: Hispanic Youth.
Quelle	(1986), (29 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Dropouts; Employment Statistics; Federal Programs; High Schools; Hispanic Americans; Job Training; Labor Force Nonparticipants; Minority Groups; Unemployment; Youth; Youth Employment; Youth Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Employment; Statistics; Arbeitsmarktstatistik; Beschäftigtenstatistik; High school; Oberschule; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Ethnische Minderheit; Arbeitslosigkeit; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Youth work; Jugendarbeit
Abstract	This report presents statistics on the high unemployment rate of Hispanic youth, examines reasons for it, evaluates Federal government response to the problem, and discusses policy implications. Minority youth bear a disproportionate burden of unemployment. Among the barriers to Hispanic youth's successful participation in the labor market are low levels of educational attainment, a very high dropout rate, and a very high incidence of poverty. In 1985, while the total annual unemployment rate for youth was 18.6%, the unemployment rate for Black youth was 40.2%; for Hispanic youth, 24.3%; and White youth, 15.7%. The 1985 employment-population ratio (the percentage of the population actually employed) of Hispanic youth was only 33.7%, with Puerto Rican youth experiencing the lowest employment-population ratios (24.2%) and Cuban youth the highest (37%) among Hispanic sub-groups. This ratio declined 16.6% between 1978 and 1985, as compared to a 7.4% decline for White youth, and a 2% decline for Black youth. Federal responses to the unemployment of minority youth have been inadequate and ineffective--the Job Training Partnership Act, for example, has served job-ready participants rather than those in need of more extensive job training and basic education. For Hispanics, the Federal inattention to the needs of school dropouts is a particularly grave concern. Recent cutbacks in Federal job training funds must be reversed to prevent high unemployment and an under-trained work force. Tables and graphs are provided, as well as endnotes and a 10-item reference list of additional employment and training resources. (KH)
Anmerkungen	National Council of La Raza, 20 F Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington, D.C. 20001 ($2.50; all three parts, $7.00).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC