title: Migration and household/family structure:  Puerto Ricans in the United States.
abstract: "The analyses in this research were intended to demonstrate the advantages of utilizing microdata from [U.S.] census sources for examining migration status and related household and family structures.  By asking for the self-identification of ethnic origin, in this case Spanish/Hispanic origin, a census is able to trace not only first generation migrants by different durations of residence, but also later generations.  The flexibility afforded by microdata tape files enables [the authors] to further examine multilevel effects of migration and family patterns.  In this present example, the widespread nature of family instability among persons of Puerto Rican origin in the New York/New Jersey area has been noted."  (summary in FRE, SPA)
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Muschkin
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Myers
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D019352:Censuses; D003469:Culture; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005843:Geography; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D007843:Latin America; D009515:New Jersey; D009518:New York; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011647:Puerto Rico; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Caribbean; Census; Census Methods; Cultural Background; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Research; Geographic Factors; Hispanics; Households; International Migration; Latin America; Migrants; Migration; New Jersey; New York; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Statistics; Puerto Rico; Research Methodology; Residence Characteristics; Spatial Distribution; United States