News from the PRI Library and Data Archive » Race & Ethnicity http://info.pop.psu.edu Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:38:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Minority kids growing to majority http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/06/24/minority-kids-growing-to-majority/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/06/24/minority-kids-growing-to-majority/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:35:47 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/?p=2303 In 1 out of 6 counties in the US, minority kids outnumber white kids, and their numbers will continue to grow, according to a USA Today story. Reporter Haya El Nasser interviews demographers Kenneth Johnson and Daniel Lichter about the trend.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/06/24/minority-kids-growing-to-majority/feed/ 0 New survey of Latinos about teen pregnancy released http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/05/20/new-survey-of-latinos-about-teen-pregnancy-released/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/05/20/new-survey-of-latinos-about-teen-pregnancy-released/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 12:38:54 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/?p=2233 The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has released a new survey of Latino teens and adults about teen pregnancy and related issues, Toward a Common Future.

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Among the findings:

  • A larger proportion of women than men had completed high school or more education. A larger proportion of men had received at least a bachelor’s degree.
  • Differences in educational attainment by race and Hispanic origin existed. Attainment for non-Hispanic Whites and Asians was higher than attainment for Blacks and Hispanics. (Hispanics may be any race.)
  • Educational attainment varied by nativity. About 88 percent of the native-born population had at least a high school diploma, compared to 68 percent of the foreign-born population. More native-born than foreign-born adults reported completing at least a bachelor’s degree (28 percent and 27 percent, respectively), while more foreign-born than nativeborn adults reported having an advanced degree (11 percent and 10 percent, respectively).
  • Educational attainment of foreign-born Hispanics was lower than all other groups. The percentage of foreign-born Hispanics who had completed at least high school was 49 percent, which is the same as the percentage of foreign-born Asians who had completed college or more education.
]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/02/13/educational-attainment-in-the-united-states-2007/feed/ 0 New books of interest at Penn State’s Social Sciences Library http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/02/09/new-books-of-interest-at-penn-states-social-sciences-library/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/02/09/new-books-of-interest-at-penn-states-social-sciences-library/#comments Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:36:56 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/?p=1907 Hudson, Robert B. (2009). Boomer bust? Economic and political issues of the graying society. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Vinea, Ana. (2007). Creating families across boundaries: A case study of Romanian/Egyptian mixed marriages. American University in Cair Press.

Le Houerou, Fabienne.  (2006). Forced migrants and host societies in Egypt and Sudan. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press.

Becher, H., (2008). Family practices in South Asian Muslim families: Parenting in a multi-faith Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Papadopoulou-Kourkoula, A. (2008). Transit migration: The missing link between emigration and settlement. Migration, minorities, and citizenship. Basingstoke [England]: Palgrave Macmillan.

Brynin, M., & Ermisch, J. (2009). Changing relationships. New York: Routledge.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2009/02/09/new-books-of-interest-at-penn-states-social-sciences-library/feed/ 0 Hispanics and Health Care in the United States http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/08/13/hispanics-and-health-care-in-the-united-states/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/08/13/hispanics-and-health-care-in-the-united-states/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:53:09 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/?p=1670 Results from the 2007 Latino Health Survey conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center are available in a new report, Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/08/13/hispanics-and-health-care-in-the-united-states/feed/ 0 Hispanic women in the US http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 12:55:40 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/ The Pew Hispanic Center has released a new fact sheet, Hispanic Women in the United States, 2007, containing statistics from the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey.

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/05/12/hispanic-women-in-the-us/feed/ 0 Educational gaps threaten economic mobility http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/20/educational-gaps-threaten-economic-mobility/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/20/educational-gaps-threaten-economic-mobility/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:29:46 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/20/educational-gaps-threaten-economic-mobility/ Widening gaps in educational attainment threaten economic mobility for the poor, according to a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Economic Mobility Project (Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog).

See also: New York Times article,  Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America (Economic Mobility Project report)

]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/20/educational-gaps-threaten-economic-mobility/feed/ 0 More AP successes, but racial gaps persist http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/14/more-ap-successes-but-racial-gaps-persist/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/14/more-ap-successes-but-racial-gaps-persist/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:04:02 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2008/02/14/more-ap-successes-but-racial-gaps-persist/ More high school students are taking and scoring well on Advanced Placement tests, but underserved groups are not gaining at the same rate, according to the 4th Annual AP Report to the Nation from the College Board.

See also: Chronicle of Higher Education article (Note: The Chronicle article is available online to subscribers. PRI affiliates can read the Chronicle in the PRI Library or request online access from library@pop.psu.edu.)

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]]> http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/11/30/english-usage-among-hispanics-in-the-us/feed/ 0 ASA report on race and ethnicity in the criminal justice system http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/asa-report-on-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-criminal-justice-system/ http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/asa-report-on-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-criminal-justice-system/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:54:23 +0000 Tara Murray http://info.pop.psu.edu/2007/10/29/asa-report-on-race-and-ethnicity-in-the-criminal-justice-system/ Race, Ethnicity, and the Criminal Justice System (PDF) is a new research brief from the American Sociological Association’s series on institutional aspects of race, racism, and ace relations.

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