THE HEALTH STATUS OF PUERTO RICANS IN FLORIDA.
During the past two decades, Puerto Ricans have been moving to central Florida in large numbers in search of better opportunities. While there is some evidence that Puerto Ricans in central Florida enjoy higher levels of education than Puerto Ricans living in traditional settlement hubs, it remains...
| Publicado en: | Centro Journal Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 198 - 218 |
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Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos (Center for Puerto Rican Studies)
Spring2010
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