Annual ORR Reports to Congress - 2000
| Type of Service Utilization |
Africa |
Eastern Europe |
Latin America |
Middle East |
Other S.E. Asia |
Former |
Vietnam |
All |
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ELT since Arrival in High School |
22.3% |
7.2% |
2.8% |
11.7% |
30.1% |
2.0% |
10.9% |
7.8% |
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ELT since Arrival but not in High School |
25.4 |
18.1 |
24.3 |
12.2 |
12.8 |
23.2 |
8.4 |
19.0 |
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Job training since Arrival |
4.8 |
4.2 |
7.9 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
6.5 |
0.3 |
4.7 |
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Currently attending ELT In High School |
22.3 |
7.2 |
2.8 |
11.7 |
30.1 |
2.0 |
10.9 |
7.8 |
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Currently Attending ELT Not in High School |
21.6 |
11.4 |
10.0 |
12.2 |
11.1 |
14.6 |
8.2 |
12.4 |
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Type of Service Utilization by Year of Arrival |
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2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
All |
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ELT since Arrival in High School |
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1.2% |
8.3% |
7.1% |
8.2% |
9.8% |
7.1% |
7.8% |
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ELT since Arrival not in High School |
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54.9 |
34.5 |
19.2 |
12.9 |
10.8 |
8.9 |
19.0 |
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Job Training since Arrival |
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8.0 |
8.2 |
6.3 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
1.6 |
4.7 |
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Currently Attending ELT In High School |
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1.2 |
8.3 |
7.1 |
8.2 |
9.8 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
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Currently Attending ELT Not in High School |
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34.3 |
22.8 |
13.1 |
7.6 |
7.1 |
5.8 |
12.4 |
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Note: In this table refugees in the five-year population contacted during the 2000 survey are segregated according to their years of arrival. The associated service utilization refers to one or more types of services utilized at any time since then. In order that English language training (ELT) not be confused with English high school instruction, statistics for both populations are given.
TABLE 7 - Hourly Wages, Home Ownership, and Self-Sufficiency by Year of Arrival |
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| Year of Arrival |
Hourly Wages of Employed |
Own Home or Apartment |
Rent Home Or Apartment |
Public Assistance Only |
Both Public Assistance and Earnings |
Earnings Only |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2000 |
$7.91 |
9.2% |
84.1% |
19.0% |
51.2% |
27.7% |
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1999 |
7.87 |
1.6 |
94.4 |
11.7 |
26.4 |
59.7 |
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1998 |
8.24 |
10.8 |
87.9 |
8.8 |
14.8 |
73.0 |
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1997 |
9.92 |
7.1 |
92.9 |
15.1 |
19.3 |
64.3 |
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1996 |
9.39 |
11.2 |
88.2 |
12.9 |
14.2 |
70.1 |
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1995 |
9.25 |
11.0 |
88.2 |
11.7 |
17.7 |
69.5 |
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Total Sample |
8.83 |
8.2 |
90.0 |
12.4 |
20.3 |
65.2 |
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Note: In this table, refugees in the five-year population contacted in the 2000 survey are segregated by year of arrival in the U.S. Data for wages refer to individuals; all other data pertain to refugee households. The associated service utilization refers to one or more types of services utilized at any time since then. These figures refer to self-reported characteristics of refugees.
The earnings of employed refugees appear to rise with length of residence in the United States (refer to Table 7). For 2000 arrivals, the median hourly wage was $7.91
[LG1].
[1] For 1995 arrivals, the median hourly wage had risen to $9.25 per hour (an increase of 17 percent). The overall median hourly wage of employed refugees in the five-year population was $8.83 (up from $8.29, $7.97, $7.38, and $7.05 reported in the 1999, 1998, 1997, and 1996 surveys, respectively). From the 2000 survey, the overall hourly wage of employed refugees who spoke English well or fluently at the time of the survey was $9.16 compared to $7.80 for refugees who did not speak English well and $8.30 for refugees who
did not speak English at all. Upon closer examination, refugees who spoke English well or fluently at the time of the survey accounted for 82 percent of jobs that paid over $7.50 per hour compared to 16 percent of refugees who did not speak English well and only two percent of refugees who did not speak English at all. Finally, the number of refugees who reported home ownership also appears to rise with length of residence, with 11 percent of 1995 arrivals reporting home ownership.
Table 7 also details the economic self‑suffici-ency of the five‑year sample population from the 2000 survey. Overall, over 65 percent of all refugee households in the U.S. for five years or less had achieved economic self‑sufficiency by October 2000 (up from 49 percent reported in the 1996 survey). An additional 20 percent had achieved partial independence, with household income a mix of earnings and public assistance (marginally higher than that reported in the 1999 and
TABLE 8 - Hourly Wages, Home Ownership, and Survey Year Administration |
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Year Survey Administered |
Hourly Wages of Employed |
Own Home or Apartment |
Rent Home or Apartment |
Public Assistance Only |
Both Public Assistance and Earnings |
Earnings Only |
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2000 Survey |
$8.83 |
8.2% |
90.0% |
12.4% |
20.3% |
65.2% |
1999 Survey |
8.29 |
13.0 |
84.9 |
12.8 |
19.1 |
66.4 |
1998 Survey |
7.97 |
9.2 |
88.6 |
18.8 |
18.7 |
60.1 |
1997 Survey |
7.38 |
7.9 |
89.4 |
20.7 |
21.3 |
55.3 |
1996 Survey |
7.05 |
6.8 |
91.7 |
23.8 |
22.5 |
48.5 |
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