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    2005, Hispanics in the United States Statistical Portrait

    This statistical profile of the Latino population is based on Pew Hispanic Center tabulations of the Census Bureau’s 2005 American Community Survey public use microdata file, which was released August 29, 2006.

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    Cancer and Race

    African Americans are over-represented among cancer patients and under-represented among internet users, particularly on some health discussion group sites.

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    Demographics, Degrees of Internet Access, and Health

    This presentation contains a general overview of the internet population, an analysis of African Americans and the internet, and some thoughts about the internet’s impact on health and health care.

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    Hispanic Attitudes Toward Learning English

    Hispanics by a large margin believe that immigrants have to speak English to be a part of American society and even more so that English should be taught to the children of immigrants.

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    The Optimistic Immigrant

    Hispanics in general, and recent immigrants in particular, are more inclined than blacks or whites to take an upbeat view about one of the most enduring tenets of the American dream — that each generation will do better in life than the one that preceded it.

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    Attitudes Toward Immigration: In Black and White

    The issue of immigration leaves many Americans deeply conflicted. But the social and economic cross-pressures may be greatest on African Americans, who express relatively positive opinions of immigrants even as they view them as competitors for scarce job opportunities. Read complete poll analysis at pewresearch.org