Mexican-American families in Los Angeles, 1844-1880
By: principal investigator, Richard Griswold del Castillo
Series: ICPSR -- 7582; ICPSR (Series) -- 7582
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 11791
Subjects: Mexican American families; Statistics; Mexican Americans; Social conditions; Economic conditions
Description: There are two data files in this study created from manuscript census returns. The first is an aggregation of social characteristics of Spanish-surnamed and Mexican-born families in the city of Los Angeles from 1844-1880. The data were used to study family composition and socio-economic mobility. The second file is composed of data used to study the socio-economic development of the Mexican-American community in Los Angeles. The main emphasis is on an analysis of literacy, occupational mobility, schooling, family structure, demographic changes and property mobility.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1844-1880.

Los Angeles.

2,047 records with a logical record length of 101 in the first file; 9,744 records with a logical record length of 111 in the second file.