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Demography (2002) 39 (3): 467–484.
Published: 01 August 2002
... children are most affected by factors, such as intermarriage, that determine the languages spoken by adults and by the communal context. Loss and Preservation of the Mother Tongue 467 Demography, Volume 39-Number 3, August 2002: 467 484 467 H ONLY ENGLISH BY THE THIRD GENERATION? LOSS AND PRESERVATION...
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Demography (2001) 38 (3): 391–409.
Published: 01 August 2001
... of English or French is greater, the younger the age at migration, the longer the duration of residence, the higher the educational attainment, the farther the country of origin from Canada, and the linguistically closer the mother tongue to English or French, and among those who are not refugees, those from...
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Demography (1999) 36 (3): 387–397.
Published: 01 August 1999
... ). Mother-Tongue Claiming in the United States Since 1960: Trends and Correlates . In J.A. Fishman (Ed.), The Rise and Fall of the Ethnic Revival: Perspectives on Language and Ethnicity (pp. 107 – 94 ). New York : Mouton . Franklin , B. ( 1961 ). L.W. Labaree The Papers...
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Demography (1976) 13 (4): 581–586.
Published: 01 November 1976
... and Sons . Lieberson , S. , & Hansen , L. ( 1974 ). National Development, Mother Tongue Diversity and the Comparative Study of Nations . American Sociological Review , 39 , 523 – 547 . 10.2307/2094419 Mamdani , Mahmood ( 1972 ). The Myth of Population Control: Family...
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2245–2267.
Published: 01 October 2020
... to treatment and educational opportunities, we adjusted for mother tongue (Finnish/Swedish/other), the region of residence ( n = 18), and geographical urban–rural classification (a 7-point scale from inner-urban areas to sparsely populated rural areas, created by the Finnish Environmental Institute). Family...
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Demography (1976) 13 (2): 273–286.
Published: 01 May 1976
...- mates of bias for Spanish origin or de- scent, mother tongue, vocational training, nativity and items closely related to nativ- ity, year moved into present house, and number of children ever born. A few re- cord check studies were conducted but they were mainly limited to the collection of data...
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Demography (1975) 12 (2): 275–290.
Published: 01 May 1975
... met strenuous and consistent opposition. The early history of this issue and its at- tempted partial resolution by including a question on "mother tongue" has been sketched by Goldberg (1945). When, in 1957, the Census Bureau did include a question on religion in its monthly sam- ple survey...
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Demography (1966) 3 (1): 68–89.
Published: 01 March 1966
...-speaking aliens had fluctu- ated from one-quarter to one-third, but, since the majority of the postwar migrants have come from Italy, Italian has now be- come the dominant language among the aliens. In 1960it was the mother tongue of 60 percent of all the aliens with temporary permits (see Table 9...
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Demography (1969) 6 (4): 413–423.
Published: 01 November 1969
... made provisions for reassign- ing responses according to presently rec- ognized boundaries. The census record, however, also asked for the language spoken prior to coming to this country (the question on "mother-tongue This additional information was probably use- ful in determining the country...
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 571–602.
Published: 17 March 2017
... by comparing the difference in workplace skills of those who arrived at relatively older ages (10 or older) versus younger ages from linguistically distant countries, relative to the same age difference for child migrants whose mother tongues are closer to English. 3 We find that children who arrive...
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Demography (2019) 56 (5): 1899–1929.
Published: 09 September 2019
..., including UNESCO and national governments, has increasingly emphasized the importance of instruction in learners’ mother tongue (that is, language spoken at home) for several reasons: growing evidence that it improves learning outcomes, inclusion of diverse learners and community members, and maintenance...
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Demography (1993) 30 (3): 385–404.
Published: 01 August 1993
... and Row . Kobrin Goldscheider Frances ( 1986 ). Family Patterns among the U.S. Yiddish-Mother-Tongue Subpopulation: 1970 . In Steven M. Cohen , & Paula E. Hyman (Eds.), The Jewish Family: Myths and Reality (pp. 172 – 83 ). New York : Holmes and Meier . Lam David...
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Demography (1991) 28 (3): 411–429.
Published: 01 August 1991
..., and a similar percentage had a mother tongue congruent with their ancestry. These are the oldest survivors of the second great wave of immigration and their children-a group that is aging rapidly and will disappear in the next two decades. 424 Demography, Vol. 28, No.3, August 1991 The third group included...
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Demography (2018) 55 (1): 295–318.
Published: 18 December 2017
...; ** p < .01; *** p < .001 In the demography model, we add variables for the age of parents at the individual’s birth, differences between regions in Finland, the number of siblings in the family, and an indicator for individuals with Swedish as their mother tongue. The only major...
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Demography (1980) 17 (3): 261–273.
Published: 01 August 1980
... Reports, Series P20, No. 108. Marriage Fertility and Childspacing: August 1959 . ( 1961 ). Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office . U.S. Bureau of the Census. 1970. Census of Population: 1970. Unpublished tabulations on population whose mother tongue is Yiddish. Available at Institute...
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Demography (1983) 20 (4): 461–489.
Published: 01 November 1983
... of the Mother Tongue in Soviet Central Asia . Slavic Review , 35 , 406 – 424 . 10.2307/2495117 Silver Brian D. ( 1978 ). Language Policy and the Linguistic Russification of Soviet Nationalities . In Jeremy Azrael (Ed.), Soviet Nationality Policies and Practices (pp. 250 – 306 ). New...
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Demography (1970) 7 (2): 135–149.
Published: 01 May 1970
... (on the male side) be- longed to on eoming to this continent" (Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1966, p. 1). Another way is to inquire about mother tongue (English or Freneh), and a third way is to tabulate data for coun- try of birth of persons not born in Canada. Cohort fertility data are given in Table 4...
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Demography (1967) 4 (2): 744–752.
Published: 01 June 1967
... of mother and father. In addition, the 1960 Census included a question on mother tongue of the foreign born. "Puerto Ricans" were identified by birthplace questions. "Mexi- cans" and Spanish Americans were identi- fied in a clerical coding operation through the use of a list of Spanish surnames...
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 1–18.
Published: 01 February 1970
...: Vacancy status 100 100 Wage and salary income 20 25 Monthsvacant 100 2ä Self-employment income -20 25 Components of gross rent 20 25 Other income ~O 25 Heating equipment 20 25 Country of birth of parents 15 25 Year structure built 20 25 Mother tongue 15 25 Number of units in structure and Year moved...
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 172–195.
Published: 01 March 1967
.... Besides, the apparent economic homo- geneity does not necessarily preclude traits of ethnic, demographic, or lin- guistic diversity in a population. AB to the latter, for example, besides Russian-the mother tongue of 114 million people or 55 percent of the population-there are more than one hundred...
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