Puerto Rican children comprise a historically vulnerable group that has garnered little attention from academics and policy makers. Then, Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the already impoverished island of Puerto Rico in 2017. It is imperative to understand the demographic, social, and economic patterns of Puerto Ricans in the past decade, in order to assess the true impact of the destructive 2017 hurricanes on Puerto Rican children and their families, and identify ways to address current population needs. This study fills this gap in the literature by providing recent pre-hurricane socioeconomic outcomes of Puerto Rican-origin children in Puerto Rico and the United States. It applies an origin-destination framework by relying on American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey data from 2012 to 2016. The analyses consider the linkages among family migration experiences, children’s living arrangements, and household poverty levels. The findings are evaluated regarding prior research.

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生活在波多黎各和美国的波多黎各裔儿童的贫困、家庭和移民之间的飓风前联系

波多黎各儿童是一个历来脆弱的群体，很少受到学术界和政策制定者的关注。然后，飓风艾尔玛和玛丽亚在 2017 年摧毁了本已贫困的波多黎各岛。必须了解过去十年波多黎各人的人口、社会和经济模式，才能评估 2017 年破坏性飓风的真正影响波多黎各儿童及其家庭，并确定解决当前人口需求的方法。本研究通过提供波多黎各和美国的波多黎各裔儿童最近的飓风前社会经济结果填补了文献中的这一空白。它依赖于 2012 年至 2016 年的美国社区调查和波多黎各社区调查数据，应用了起点-目的地框架。分析考虑了家庭迁移经历、儿童生活安排和家庭贫困水平之间的联系。研究结果是根据先前的研究评估的。