{"id":39231,"date":"2014-09-18T11:02:48","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=39231"},"modified":"2014-09-18T11:02:48","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T15:02:48","slug":"las-encuestas-de-fau-revelan-que-los-hispanos-tienen-una-percepcion-menos-optimista-sobre-la-economia-que-el-resto-de-la-poblacion-en-general-y-estan-a-favor-del-proceso-en-vias-de-la-ciudadania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/las-encuestas-de-fau-revelan-que-los-hispanos-tienen-una-percepcion-menos-optimista-sobre-la-economia-que-el-resto-de-la-poblacion-en-general-y-estan-a-favor-del-proceso-en-vias-de-la-ciudadania\/","title":{"rendered":"FAU Poll Finds Hispanics Less Optimistic on Economy than General Population and Favor Path to Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen5{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.67em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prngen6{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prngen3{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER; BORDER-LEFT:1pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prngen4{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: CENTER; BORDER-LEFT:black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prngen8{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: LEFT; BORDER-LEFT:black 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prnsbts{\nBORDER-TOP:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prnpr6{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prntal{\nTEXT-ALIGN: LEFT\n}\n.prnpl6{\nPADDING-LEFT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsbls{\nBORDER-LEFT:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prnvab{\nVERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM\n}\n.prnrbrs{\nBORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt solid\n}\n.prntblns{\nBORDER-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-LEFT: 1pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT: 1pt\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n.prnsbbs{\nBORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt solid\n}\nBODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b>FAU Poll Finds Hispanics Less Optimistic on Economy than General Population and Favor Path to Citizenship<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <i>Poll First of Planned Monthly National Surveys Focused on Hispanic Opinions<\/i><br \/>\n        <\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 18, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The first survey conducted by Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business.fau.edu\/bepi\" target=\"_blank\">FAU BEPI<\/a>) within the College of Business finds Hispanics are significantly less optimistic about the economy than the population as a whole.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>On the Index of Consumer Sentiment, an established measure of relative optimism, Hispanics surveyed in August scored a 68.3 compared to the 82.5 score from <i>Thomson Reuters<\/i> University of Michigan sample taken in the same month. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The data suggests that education is a key factor in consumer sentiment and outlook. Hispanics without a high school degree scored a 58 on the index while those with a college degree held an 87 score,&#8221; said Monica Escaleras, Ph.D., director of the initiative. &#8220;The same trend applies to the Index of Current Conditions and the Index of Consumer Expectations.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The FAU survey sample included 649 Hispanics across the nation with a margin of error of 3.8 percent.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prnsbbs prntac prnsbls prnpl6 prnpr6 prnvab prnsbts prnrbrs\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>August 2014<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Index of Consumer Sentiment<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Michigan&#8217;s National Sample*<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>FAU Hispanic National Sample<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Difference<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>points<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen4\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Overall <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">82.5<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">68.3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">(-14.2)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen4\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Current Conditions<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">99.8<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">75.4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">(-24.4)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen4\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Future Expectations<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">71.3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen5\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">63.7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">(-7.6)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/press.sca.isr.umich.edu\/press\/press_release\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/press.sca.isr.umich.edu\/press\/press_release<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"prntal\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"prntblns\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prnsbbs prnsbls prnpl6 prnpr6 prnvab prnsbts prnrbrs\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Hispanic Education Level<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Index of Consumer Sentiment<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Index of Current Conditions <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Index of Consumer Expectations<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen8\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Less than High School<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">58.0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">70.1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">50.1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\" class=\"prngen8\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">High School or Equivalent<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">65.1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">72.4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">60.3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen8\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Some College<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">73.3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">72.4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">74<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen8\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">College Degree<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">87.0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">91.3<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">84.2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen8\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Post Graduate Degree<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">87.0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">90.2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">84.9<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><u>Pathway to citizenship favored by majority of Hispanics polled<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The FAU BEPI survey also reveals that 57 percent of Hispanics support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.\u00a0 When asked about the current wave of children illegally immigrating to the U.S. and the speed of associated legal procedures, 55 percent of Hispanics wanted to see the legal process sped up versus 45 percent who wanted to keep it as it is<b>. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>This survey is the first in a series of planned monthly national surveys of Hispanics by the FAU BEPI.\u00a0 Several other opinions on various topics also are polled in the survey. Additional information about this survey and the initiative can be accessed at <a href=\"http:\/\/business.fau.edu\/departments\/economics\/business-economics-polling\/bepi-hics\/index.aspx#.VBrZUfldV8E\" target=\"_blank\">business.fau.edu\/bepi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- #End Wide Release --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End release --><\/div>\n<p>\n  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAU Poll Finds Hispanics Less Optimistic on Economy than General Population and Favor Path to Citizenship Poll First of Planned Monthly National Surveys Focused on Hispanic Opinions BOCA RATON, Fla., Sept. 18, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The first survey conducted by Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative (FAU BEPI) within the College of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}