Figure 1.3 But Native Born Young Latinos Do Worse Than Foreign Born on Other Measures Knows someone in a gang Got into a fight in the last year
For example, native-born Latino youths are about twice as likely as the foreign born to have ties to a gang or to have gotten into a fight or to have carried a weapon in the past year. They are also more likely to be in prison.
The picture becomes even more murky when comparisons are made among youths who are first generation (immigrants themselves), second generation (U.S.-born children of immigrants) and third and higher generation (U.S.-born grandchildren or more far-removed descendants of immigrants).
Figure 1.3  | But Native Born Young Latinos Do Worse  | Than Foreign Born on Other Measures  | Knows someone in a gang  | Foreign born  | 17  | Native born  | 40  | Got into a fight in the last year  | Foreign born  | Native born  | Notes: Foreign born refers to those born outside of the U.S.  | including Puerto Rica. Figures refer to 16 to 25-year-olds.  | Source: Pew Hispanic Center 2009 National: Survey of Latinos 