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ERIC Number: EJ208474
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1979
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Getting the Language Straight.
Waggoner, Dorothy
AGENDA, v9 n5 p10-12,29 Sep-Oct 1979
Describes the history and phrasing of questions related to English language proficiency on U.S. censuses since 1890 and details the changing definition of language minorities. Describes and relates the Children's English and Services Study and the 1976 Survey of Income and Education to language-related questions on the 1980 census. (SB)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, English, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Research, Minority Groups, Native Speakers, Non English Speaking, Population Trends, Spanish Speaking, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - General
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bilingual Education Act 1968
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