Attributes - Montagnard refugees in America

Comparison of Values & Work Ethics of 3,012 Montagnard Refugees in America to our Dominant Races

212 of these refugees arrived in the U.S. in 1986, 400 in 1992, and 2,400 from 1993 thru 1998.
On arrival only a handful had any formal education and very few could speak English.

Selected Characteristics	Montagnard	White	Black	Hispanic
Receive Food Stamps	0.50%	7.20%	25.60%	21.90%
Probabilities of going to prison *	0.03%	4.40%	28.00%	16.00%
Divorced couples in 1999	0.17%	7.10%	10.70%	9.30%
Attend Church Weekly	99.00%	?	?	?
Degrees held:
Doctorate	0.10%	0.016%	0.007%	0.005%
Masters	0.13%	0.17%	0.11%	0.07%
Occupations:
Clergy	0.30%	0.15%	0.11%	0.06%
Authors	0.10%	0.07%	0.03%	0.01%
Physicians	0.03%	0.33%	0.13%	0.11%

NOTES:
(1) Except for Prison footnote and Montagnard data, all data obtained from U.S. Census Bureau at: http://www.census.gov:80
(2) U.S. Montagnard population is too insignificant for U.S. Census tracking. Data obtained from community surveys.
* U.S. Dep of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics - http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm