[-dustin]

i'm writing a quick little paper on immigrants, and i'm using some data from the 2000 census. but i have question...

do you think non-english speakers are under-represented in the census?

i think they are, and looked on the US Census site...found this:

Households that received the census form in the mail had the option of requesting the questionnaire in Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, or Korean.

People who believed that they were not included on a form or did not receive a form could use the "Be Counted" questionnaires that were available in public areas. The "Be Counted" forms were printed in English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Korean.

think that matters, whether they're legal or not? or do you think everything averages out?

 

[LordOpie]

are you looking for opinion or fact?

If opinion, I'll guess that the highest % of return for any group/category would be middle class america... educated and inclusive enough to care. I'd say minorities who feel left out of the system wouldn't bother.

If you're looking for fact, i suspect that along with the census data there's statistics for errors, maybe broken down by groups. I believe they canvas door-to-door and find out who did or didn't respond and extrapoliate from there?

 

[Reactor]

Anything that requires extra steps or effort or dealing with the government is going to result in forms not being returned or sent in. So yes; I think non-english groups are ,at best, slightly under counted.

 

[N8 v2.0]

On the census I list my 'race' as New Mexican.... is that wrong of me?

 

[fluff]

On the census I list my 'race' as New Mexican.... is that wrong of me?

So long as you don't claim to be human I think you're in the clear.

 

[-dustin]

not looking for fact, just opinion.

N8, can you repeat the question?

 

[LordOpie]

Are you a Mexican or a Mexican't?

 

[-dustin]

where is that from? people quote that to me all the time.

 

[.:Jeenyus:.]

Are you a Mexican or a Mexican't?

My old science teacher would say that to the one mexican kid in like the whole school all the time. Everyone hated that lady.

 

[MMike]

On the census I list my 'race' as New Mexican.... is that wrong of me?

Can't you do anything right? It's spelled M-O-R-O-N

 

[LordOpie]

where is that from? people quote that to me all the time.

the one and only time I heard it was in a movie with Johny Depp.

 

[N8 v2.0]

the one and only time I heard it was in a movie with Johny Depp.

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

 

[LordOpie]

was that the movie? I can't remember. Frankly, I walked out half way through. God did it suck.

 

[N8 v2.0]

was that the movie? I can't remember. Frankly, I walked out half way through. God did it suck.

Pretty sure it was... right before Depp capped Cheech.