Meaning of Trinidad and Tobagonian | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“Of the estimated 648,615 English-speaking Caribbean immigrants living in the United States in 1990, 320,809 lived in New York state (Irish and Murphy n.d.). Of these an average of 8.5 percent were unemployed nationwide, and 8.7 percent were unemployed in New York. Barbadians were below these average figures, and Trinidad and Tobagonians were above them.”

“Trinidad and Tobagonians have migrated mostly to the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.”

“Trinidad and Tobagonians in: / New York State [Children] 22.1% [Families] 13.1% / The U.S. [Children] 20.2% [Families] 12.7%”

“Enhancing the Caribbean family’s resources and capacity to adjust to their adapted home is their Labor Force Participation Rate. For example, males from Jamaica have a Labor Force Participation Rate of 81.3% and females 85.7%, Guyanese males have a rate of 84.2% and females 71.3%, while the Trinidad and Tobagonians have an 82.3% male and 82.3% female rate (US Census Bureau, 2009).”

“Just steps away from where travelers will board their aircraft for the twenty-five-minute flight to Trinidad, the poster is located along one of the well-traveled circuits of potential Signature customers: wealthy, cosmopolitan, and country-proud Trinidad-and-Tobagonians.”

“David Rudder’s “Hosay” forces Trinidad and Tobagonians to accept the reality of gun violence that they have long denied: “now Trini know what is Uzi diplomacy.””

“Afro-Trinidad and Tobagonians are descended from enslaved Africans brought to the country by various colonists, including the Spanish, French, and British.”

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