Centre for Policy on Ageing



English language proficiency among older Hispanics in the United States
Author(s)	Jan E Mutchler, Sara Brallier
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 39, no 3, June 1999
Pages	pp 310-319
Keywords	Ethnic groups ; Linguistics ; English language ; Spanish language ; United States of America.
Annotation	Hispanics will constitute a growing part of the older population in the United States well into the 21st century. Accompanying this growth, challenges associated with a large bilingual and non-English speaking older population may become more pronounced. The purpose of this research was to examine the level and determinants of English proficiency among older Hispanics in the US. Data from the 1990 Census indicated that a third of the older Hispanic population in the US speaks English poorly or not at all. This group includes a sizeable number who are "linguistically isolated" in that they either live alone or with other non-proficient speakers of English. Using multivariate logistic regression techniques, it was shown that immigrant status and timing, socioeconomic status, geographic concentration, and national origin are key determinants of English proficiency. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-990826292 A
Classmark	TK: HJC: 6W6: 6WG: 7T
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing

...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.