Here are the slides from Joe Salvo’s presentation.  It seems that the 51% figure we were discussing (thanks, Milan!) is actually people who speak English at home.  Only 23% of New Yorkers are not English proficient.  Here’s the full report.

About public assistance (from the report): “Overall, the percentage of native-born households receiving public assistance (4.5 percent) was similar to that for foreign-born households (4 percent).”  Note that they are talking about households, not individuals.  From the footnote: “Households with at least one person receiving public assistance were defined as receiving public assistance income.”

According to this excellent source of information on all things migration in the world, immigrants are more likely to be married than native-born people (nation-wide).

I have not found anything about hours worked per week, but I’ll keep looking.  If you come up with interesting information or story, post it here even if it’s not your week.

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