FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007
- Tom Edwards/Stephen Buckner
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- CB07-CR.03
***CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY***
More Education Means Higher Wages In Puerto Rico
More Women Than Men Have a Bachelor’s Degree
- What:
- The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a news conference at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón to highlight significant changes in education that show college degrees often translate into higher wages for workers. The data come from the 2005 Puerto Rico Community Survey, a survey designed to provide Puerto Rico with new demographic data every year at the local level. These data impact decisions about health services, schools, transportation, housing and other issues of interest to local communities.
- When:
- Thursday, May 3, 10:30 a.m. (EDT)
- Who:
- Rafael Martínez-González , director, Economic Studies and
Analysis, Government
Development Bank for Puerto Rico
Lillian Torres Aguirre, director, Office of the Census, Puerto Rico Planning Board
Lilia Planell, executive assistant to the president, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Alfredo Navarro, assistant division chief, Decennial Statistical Studies Division,
U.S. Census Bureau
- Where:
- Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Centro de Adiestramiento Profesional (Edificio Barat)
Rosales & San Antonio
Santurce, Puerto Rico, 00907
(Parking is available)
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Note: A 2-hour media workshop will be held at the Universidad
del Sagrado Corazón in the Sala de Conferencias de la Biblioteca Madre
María T. Guevara on the following day, Friday, May 4, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
The workshop will assist media in accessing the data and give more detail about
the Puerto Rico Community Survey.
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