RE: Demographic information

[Guest guest]

,

These questions and many others you may have can hopefully be answered

by viewing the findings of the National Agricultural Workers Study

(NAWS). Their latest finds can be found at

http://www.dol.gov/asp/programs/agworker/report_8.pdf

If you don't find the answer to your questions in the NAWS please let

me know and I will try to get you the information you still need.

Josh Shepherd

National Center for Farmworker

shepherd@...

--- In , " lygs2 " <lygs2@y...>

wrote:

> I am a University of Washington student doing a presentation on the

> WPS and would like to present a little demographic information of the

> farmworker population here in the Northwest. I realize that concrete

> numbers are hard to come by, but I would like to just give the class

> an idea of some characteristics of the group. If anyone would be so

> kind to give me any answers that they know, or refer me to

> documents/websites where I can get these answers, that would be

> great! I am especially interested in Washington state numbers, but

> can present numbers for the Northwest or California if that is all

> that is available.

>

> Here are some of my questions?

>

> Where are the farmworkers from? I assume most are from Mexico - and

> if so, do most return to Mexico every year?

>

> Are there many workers that DO NOT speak Spanish or English as their

> first language? I was told that in Oregon, many workers speak only

> indigenous languages such as Trique or Mizteca.

>

> What percentage are literate?

>

> What sort of education level do they have? (I know it varies, but I

> just want a general idea).

>

> What percent of the farmworkers are actually migrant workers and what

> percentage are permanent members of the community?

>

> Thank you very much!!

>

>

[Guest guest]

For California numbers try the California Agricultural Workers Health Survey

by the Calif. Institute for Rural Studies reported in " Suffering in

Silence " , and available on their website at:

http://www.cirsinc.org/pub/SuffReport.pdf

Diringer, JD, MPH

Diringer and Associates

2475 Avenue, Ste. B

San Obispo, CA 93401

805-546-0950

fax: 805-546-0966

joel@... <mailto:joel@...>

www.diringerassociates.com <http://www.diringerassociates.com>

-----Original Message-----

From: lygs2 [mailto:lygs2@...]

Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 5:33 PM

Subject: [ ] Demographic information

I am a University of Washington student doing a presentation on the

WPS and would like to present a little demographic information of the

farmworker population here in the Northwest. I realize that concrete

numbers are hard to come by, but I would like to just give the class

an idea of some characteristics of the group. If anyone would be so

kind to give me any answers that they know, or refer me to

documents/websites where I can get these answers, that would be

great! I am especially interested in Washington state numbers, but

can present numbers for the Northwest or California if that is all

that is available.

Here are some of my questions?

Where are the farmworkers from? I assume most are from Mexico - and

if so, do most return to Mexico every year?

Are there many workers that DO NOT speak Spanish or English as their

first language? I was told that in Oregon, many workers speak only

indigenous languages such as Trique or Mizteca.

What percentage are literate?

What sort of education level do they have? (I know it varies, but I

just want a general idea).

What percent of the farmworkers are actually migrant workers and what

percentage are permanent members of the community?

Thank you very much!!

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