2010 Reports
English Language Proficiency, Family Economic Security, and Child Development
According to the Census Bureau, the number of United States residents aged 5 years and older who speak a language other than English at home has more than doubled since 1980; and fewer than half of this group is fully proficient in English. These trends require specific policy action to support optimal child well-being.
Geographic Areas
Subjects
Files
- text_948.pdf application/pdf 845 KB Download File
More About This Work
- Academic Units
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- Publisher
- National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University
- Series
- Making Work Supports Work Publications
- Published Here
- July 14, 2011