...Douglas Forbes; W. Parker Frisbie Abstract Using a half-century of death records from San Antonio/Bexar County, Texas, we examine the timing and cause structure of Spanish surname and Anglo infant mortality. Our findings show that despite the substantial disparities between ethnic-specific infant...

... Bureau Spanish-surname list to code surnames on New York City death certificates. By examining the correspondence between surname type and the response to the ancestry item, we identify potential underreporting of Hispanic ethnicity for Spanish-surnamed decedents. A surname-based method then is used...

... AchIevement in Table 1. (Following the practice of the Census Bureau, the Mexican-Ameri- can population is represented by the Spanish surname population living in the five Southwestern states. For a justifica- tion see Uhlenberg, 1971, pp. 212-218). Among males aged 25 to 34 in 1960, 82 percent of Japanese...

.... Word. 1980. “Constructing the List of Spanish Surnames for the 1980 Census: An Application of Bayes’ Theorem.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Denver, CO, April 10–12. Preston S.H. , Elo I.T. , & Stewart Q. ( 1999 ). Effects of Age...

... is not known. Most names on a conditional list are also on the corresponding unconditional list, but some are not. For example, if a person named Bang is known to be Asian, that person is very likely Korean; however, the surname Bang is generally not Asian. Similarly, persons with Spanish surnames...

... the foreign-born is markedly lower than among native Americans. 7 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1986 1986 Death Certificate Native Male Central Death Rate Spanish Surname National Vital Statistic System References Bogue D. J. ( 1959 ). The Population...

... on an ethnic question in the 1981 census. OPCS Monitor: 1981 Census, CEN 80/3, April 2, 1980, London. U. S. Bureau of the Census. 1963. U. S. Census of Population: 1960, Subject Reports, Persons of Spanish Surname . Final Report PC(2)-1B. Washington, D. C. U. S. Bureau of the Census. 1964. Population...

.... 13 United States Censuses of Population and Housing, 1960: Census Tracts (Final Reports 14 For a discussion and justification of the use of Spanish surnames, see the introduction to United States Census of Population, 1960 . Subject Reports: Persons of Spanish Surname: Social and Economic...

... . 10.2307/2094332 Buechley Robert W. ( 1961 ). A Reproducible Method of Counting Persons of Spanish Surname . Journal of the American Statistical Association , 56 , 88 – 97 . 10.2307/2282333 Buechley Robert W. ( 1967 ). Characteristic Name Sets of Spanish Populations . Names...

... Spanish surname population . American Journal of Public Health , 72 , 993 – 999 . 10.2105/AJPH.72.9.993 Review of progress on prevention: Heartening, tragic, and in-between ( 1987 ). The Nation’s Health , February , 1 – 20 . Rogers , R. G. ( 1984 ). Infant mortalitv among New...

... birth cohort includes information on all ofthe most frequently studied social risk factors: maternal age, marital status, race, and education. Spanish-surname ethnicity is also included; Hispanics generally have low Social Factors and Infant Mortality 301 social status, comparable to blacks, yet...

... Segregation Since 1960 . Science , 159 , 953 – 956 . 10.1126/science.159.3818.953 Fernandez E. W. ( 1975 ). Comparison of Persons of Spanish Surname and Persons of Spanish Origin in the United States. U.S. Bureau of the Census Technical Paper 38 . Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government...

.... Specifically, 1960 United States census data are available on the fertility and marital status of persons of foreign stock of Italian, Irish, Polish, and Mexican origin; persons of Puerto Rican origin or parentage; persons of Spanish surname in the southwestern United States." These groups, of course, comprise...

.... , & van Geijn , H.P. ( 1999 ). Psychosocial Predictors of Low Birthweight: A Prospective Study . British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , 106 , 834 – 41 . 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08406.x Passel, J.S. and D.L. Word. 1980. “Constructing the List of Spanish Surnames for the 1980...

... as Hispanic. The 1950 PUMS does, however, include the 1950 Spanish surname code and the 1980 Spanish surname code identifiers. We tried to be as inclu- sive as possible by defining a Hispanic white as any white man in our sample who had a Spanish surname, as defined by either the 1950 or the 1980...

... ). Mortality Among Elderly Hispanics in the United States: Past Evidence and New Results . Demography , 41 , 109 – 28 . 10.1353/dem.2004.0001 Forbes D. , & Frisbie W.P. ( 1991 ). Spanish Surname and Anglo Infant Mortality: Differentials Over a Half-Century . Demography , 28 , 639...

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... immigra- tion, but the Mexican data suggest that Visa data: Country of birth 272,000 313,000 Country of last residence 372,000 293,000 U.S. Census: Country of birth . . . . . .. 141,000 205,000 Spanish surname 350,000 Mexican census and vital statistics 473,000 those apprehended were in the United States...