Pew Hispanic Center Report on Latino Labor Force for Release Tuesday, October 7

10/6/2003

From: Margarita Studemeister of the Pew Hispanic Center, 202-292-3307

News Advisory:

The Pew Hispanic Center will release a report Tuesday, October 7, 2003 that presents important new findings on the impact of the 2001 recession and its continuing aftermath. The report examines a variety of trends in employment, unemployment and wage rates for both Hispanics and non-Hispanics and explores outcomes by industry, occupation, geographic region, age, nativity and education.

The report will be released at Noon EDT on Tuesday, October 7 with a telephone press briefing by the report's author, Rakesh Kochhar, a senior research associate at the Pew Hispanic Center and Roberto Suro, the Center's director.

The press briefing can be accessed by calling 800-860-2442 and asking for the Pew Hispanic Center call.

Embargoed copies of the report will be available at 9 a.m. EDT Tuesday on the Center's website: http://www.pewhispanic.org

For further information contact Margarita Studemeister at 202-292-3307