ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the social and demographic composition of US citizen respondents to the Latino National Political Survey. It analyses three elements: personal and familial demographic characteristics; education, income, and employment; and religion. Women were the majority of each group. Cubans identified themselves in racial terms differently from either Mexicans or Puerto Ricans. Mexican and Puerto Rican respondents had lower levels of formal education than did either Cubans or Anglos. At both the household level and the individual level, Cuban and Anglo households earned more than Mexican or Puerto Rican households. Cuban respondents had the highest labor force participation rates. The majority of Latino respondents were Catholic. Anglos were more likely to be Protestant. Latinos were more likely than Anglos to report that religion provided quite a bit of guidance in their lives. Mexican respondents reported the highest levels of guidance from religion.
