Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America
Hispanics are the largest and youngest minority group in the United States. One-in-five schoolchildren is Hispanic. One-in-four newborns is Hispanic. By force of numbers alone, the kinds of adults these young Latinos become will help shape the kind of society America becomes in the 21st century.
This report takes an in-depth look at Hispanics who are ages 16 to 25, a phase of life when young people make choices that set their path to adulthood. The report explores the attitudes, values, social behaviors, family characteristics, economic well-being, educational attainment and labor force outcomes of these young Latinos.
It is based on a Pew Hispanic Center telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 2,012 Latinos, supplemented Center's analysis of government demographic, economic, education and health data sets.
Pew Hispanic Center. (2013). Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America. Washington, D.C.: Pew Hispanic Center. Retrieved from https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2009/12/11/between-two-worlds-how-young-latinos-come-of-age-in-america/