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Alvarez, Olga L. – 1994
The Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers Project sought to determine the health education needs of this indigent population in Ohio using the help of lay outreach workers. A bilingual needs assessment survey was developed containing questions on demographics, place of permanent residence, points of travel after working in Ohio, and type of work and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Health Education, Health Needs, Health Promotion
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
This workbook is part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. This workbook is designed to orient people who are only recently literate to the world of work and business. Topics covered include worker…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agricultural Occupations, Business Education
Rochin, Refugio I. – 1992
The stereotype of rural Hispanic Americans often connotes social problems such as poverty, illegal immigration, and migrant workers. In reality, rural Hispanics are part of a larger demographic trend changing the balance of power and socioeconomic relations among ethnic groups. Part 1 of this paper reviews demographic information.…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agriculture, Demography, Educational Needs
Alvarado, Andrew; And Others – 1992
This report examines the effects of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) on the raisin industry's labor market, and provides educators with background on California migrant workers and their deteriorating working conditions. Because the raisin harvest lasts only 3-4 weeks but employs 40,000-50,000 workers, any effects of IRCA on…
Descriptors: Demography, Labor Market, Labor Supply, Mexican Americans
Stagner, Ross – Industrial Gerontology, 1975
Research shows wide differences in the way individuals react to paced, constrained jobs. Workers show increasing job satisfaction with age, but there are few older workers among assembly line operatives; perhaps they leave because of seniority, job change, or retirement. Aging, however, may make personalities more compatible with assembly line…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Assembly (Manufacturing), Job Satisfaction
Economic Research Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1987
This annual report includes major time series that reflect changes in farm production, production inputs, and production efficiency. Time series data are presented for the United States and, in most cases, for 10 farm production regions. The text highlights changes since the previous year or specified time period. In previous reports in this…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Production
Poli, Bonnie; Fluker, Sam S. – 1986
Written in English and Spanish and completely illustrated, this manual provides basic safety information for pesticide workers. Mixers, loaders, and applicators work with pesticides at their greatest strength and have the highest risk of poisoning. Understanding the pesticide label is the first step to pesticide safety. The words…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Safety, Farm Labor
Atkinson, Donald R. – 1979
This document contains the last nine monographs of a career education manual developed to assist the instructor in presenting a career-awareness course to adult, limited-English-speaking farmworkers. (A companion document, CE 024 589, contains the first seven monographs and a curriculum guide.) These career monographs are written at the 5th-grade…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Bilingual Education
LOGSDON, DONALD N. – 1967
SEVERAL WRITERS HAVE DEPICTED AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS AS BEING ONE OF THE MOST DEPRIVED GROUPS IN OUR COUNTRY. HOWEVER, THE NON-MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, WHO FAR OUTNUMBER THE MIGRANTS, ALSO LIVE IN EXTREMELY POOR CIRCUMSTANCES AND ARE VIRTUALLY UNNOTICED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT DRAW ATTENTION THROUGH MIGRATION. BOTH OF THESE GROUPS ARE IN DIRE NEED…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Dental Health, Health Education, Health Services
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1976
Since migration is strongly influenced by economic variables, an economic model was developed to identify, locate, and track migrant and seasonal farmworkers as they move throughout the United States. Focusing on the Florida-based migrant agricultural workers who migrated at least once during the past five years, the model included the following…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Economic Factors, Labor Economics, Migrant Workers
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Jarvella, Shirley M. – 1971
The study's purpose was to: (1) determine how the library as an institution can become more responsive to the needs of migrant agricultural workers and families; (2) explore the problems which inhibit the extension of these services; and (3) discover what programs now exist in libraries, public institutions, and private agencies which provide…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Bibliographies, Bookmobiles
Tway, Patricia – 1976
This paper examines the language used by workers in a china factory in order to present the characteristics and underlying features of occupational jargon. The paper shows: (1) jargon is affected by regional-local pronunciation, grammatical expressions and lexical items, and by individual speech styles which result from general linguistic…
Descriptors: Etymology, Laborers, Language Research, Language Styles
Galarza, Ernesto – 1964
The subject of this study is the more or less seasonal influx of Mexican (bracero) laborers to work in agriculture in California between 1942 and 1960. The migration began as a joint effort between the governments of Mexico and the United States to ease the manpower shortage created by World War II. Dire needs of these migrants, and their…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Braceros, Cultural Differences, Economic Research
1969
Eight papers on rural sociology which were presented at the 1969 annual meeting of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers are included in this volume. Titles of the papers are "A Regional, Longitudinal Study of Family Adjustments in Low-Income Areas of the South" by Charles L. Cleland, University of Tennessee; "Inter-State…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Educational Needs, Forestry, Low Income Groups
Wisconsin State Employment Service, Madison. – 1968
A yearly report on the migrant farm worker situation in Wisconsin evaluates the year 1968 in relation to past years and makes projections for the future. Comparisons are made of trends in year-round employment practices, seasonal food processing, the cherry industry, and the cucumber industry. The report includes a discussion on the social aspects…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Community Services, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
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