The Prevalence of English Monolingualism and Its Association with Generational Status among Hmong Americans, 2005-2009.
Using the American Community Survey's multi-year (2005-2009) Public Use Microdata Sample, we estimate the prevalence of English monolingualism and statistically analyze the association between English monolingualism and generational status within the U.S. Hmong population. Our findings show that the...
| Publicado en: | Hmong Studies Journal Vol. 12; pp. 1 - 23 |
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Mark Pfeifer
2011
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