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Although
academics, socio-political activists, business researchers
and consumer marketers collect their own data for studies
on Hispanics, governmental data still provide solid grounds
for Hispanic research. Indeed, a number of federal agencies
have produced a rich array of information on the soon-to-be
largest minority group in the nation. Researchers interested
in Hispanic attitudes and behavior would be well served by
first checking with such publicly available Hispanic data.
Information
on Hispanics pertaining to topics such as population, age
composition, region of residence, income, household type,
living arrangements, housing, education, labor force, health,
and business can be found on the Internet. The Internet
(World Wide Web) now provides the opportunity to quickly
access Hispanic-related information.
Search
Tools
Given
that there are nearly 70 federal agencies issuing statistical
data, some users find it a tedious task to successfully
navigate the Internet. Thanks to the introduction and sophistication
of search engines, Internet users can now easily navigate
the Internet to find the information they need. Web-based
search engines operate by their individual algorithm –
which retrieve the results according to your input of key
words. No one search engine covers the entire Web.
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Federal
Websites
Go
to the search engine www.hotbot.com
and enter the key words "federal + statistics" to
produce at least ten sites. The first site chosen is www.fedstats.gov.
Once you have accessed the FedStats web site, you will be
able to easily link to the White House Briefing Room (www.whitehouse.gov/WH/html/briefroom.html),
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov),
and the Bureau of the Census (www.census.gov).
These four sites hold the most useful government data on Hispanics.
Elaborate links have been created between the sites, so users
can easily move from one site to another whenever necessary.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics web site contains data on employment,
economy and technology characteristics of the nation. The Consumer
Expenditure Survey (this annual survey provides information
on the buying habits of American consumers) and the National
Longitudinal Survey (this survey gathers data about a wide range
of events over several decades for six groups of men and women)
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Access
Information on Hispanic-Owned Business Enterprises
1.
Go to the Census Web (www.census.gov).
2. Choose “Economic Surveys” under the Business
subheading.
3. Choose “Business Owners.”
4. Click “1992” under the heading “Latest
Reports.”
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to “Hispanic-Owned
Business Enterprises” and choose one of the following
tables:
• All Firms Comparison • Data by State •
Data by Industry
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NuSights
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by NuStats senior professionals. For more information regarding
this issue, contact Lilian Hogenmiller at lhogenmiller@nustats.com.
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