Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Oct 4 16:16:15 PDT 1998


Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 13:05:30 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: aapornet at usc.edu Sender: owner-aapornet at usc.edu Precedence: bulk From: James Beniger <beniger at almaak.usc.edu> To: AAPORNET <aapornet at usc.edu> Subject: Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin MIME-Version: 1.0

Now available in "pdf" [Acrobat] format at

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Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin

Prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the President's

Initiative on Race

---------------------------------------------------------------------- This chart book documents current differences in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and describes how such differences have evolved over the past several decades. The book is designed to further one of the goals of the President's Initiative on Race: To educate Americans about the facts surrounding the issue of race in America. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Entire Document PDF 688k

Foreword and Table of Contents PDF 282k

I. Introduction PDF 18k

II. Population PDF 61k

III. Education PDF 66k

IV. Labor Markets PDF 54k

V. Economic Status PDF 34k

VI. Health PDF 57k

VII. Crime and Criminal Justice PDF 54k VIII. Housing and Neighborhoods PDF 46k

IX. Appendix PDF 34k

X. Detailed Chart Sources PDF 32k

Underlying Chart Data in wk4 format can be downloaded [your Windows spreadsheet or word processor should be able to handle this]

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You can download the data underlying the charts as spreadsheet files in Lotus WK4 format. To do this, right click you mouse and choose "Save Link As..." Then open this file using a spreadsheet program.

II. Population

Racial/Ethnic Composition of the Population 2k

Foreign-Born Population 2k

Minority Population by Region, 1995 3k

Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence 3k

Intergroup Married Couples, 1990 3k

Household Structure 3k

Age Distribution, 1997 2k

III. Education

Participation in Literacy Activities with a Parent

or Family Member by Children Aged Three to Five 2k

Children Aged Three to Four Enrolled in Center-Based

Programs or Kindergarten 2k

Computer Use by Children in First through Sixth Grade 2k

Average Reading Proficiency Scores 2k

Average Mathematics Proficiency Scores 2k

Educational Attainment of Adults Aged 25 and Over 3k

Persons Aged 25 to 29 with a High School Degree

or Equivalent 4k

Persons Aged 25 to 29 with a Four-Year College Degree

or Higher 4k

IV. Labor Markets

Labor Force Participation Rates of Persons

Aged 25 to 54 7k

Unemployment Rates of Persons Aged 16 and Over 6k

Persons Aged 16 to 24 Who Are Not in School

and Not Employed 4k

Median Usual Weekly Earnings of Male Full-Time Workers 4k

Median Usual Weekly Earnings of Female Full-Time Workers 4k

Black and Hispanic Male Earnings as a Percentage

of White Male Earnings 3k

Black and Hispanic Female Earnings as a Percentage

of White Female Earnings 3k

Occupations of Employed Persons, 1997 4k

V. Economic Status

Median Family Income 4k

Poverty Rates for Individuals 4k

Poverty Rates for Children 4k

Poverty Rates by Selected Individual

Characteristics, 1996 2k

Households Owning Selected Assets, 1993 2k

VI. Health

Infant Mortality Rates 2k

Life Expectancy at Birth 4k

Children Aged 19 to 35 Months Who Are Up to Date with

Recommended Vaccinations, 1995-96 2k

Prevalence of Smoking Among Persons Aged 18 to 24 4k

Death Rates by Cause for Persons Aged 15 to 34, 1994-95 2k

Death Rates by Cause for Persons Aged 45 to 64, 1995 3k

Persons Aged 18 to 64 without Health Insurance

Coverage, 1994-95 2k

VII. Crime and Criminal Justice

Victims of Homicide 7k

Victims of Property Crime 6k

Admissions to State and Federal Prisons 3k

Adults under Correctional Supervision 4k

Arrests, Convictions, and Prison Admissions for

Violent Crimes, 1994 4k

Minority Composition of Local Police and Sheriffs'

Departments 3k

Perception of Whether Blacks or Whites are Treated More

Harshly by the Criminal Justice System 3k

VIII. Housing and Neighborhoods

Homeownership Rates 2k

Households with High Housing Cost Burdens 2k

Housing Units with Physical Problems 2k

Crowding: Households with More Than One Person per Room 3k

Reported Problems in Neighborhood, 1993-95 2k

Average Racial and Ethnic Composition of Metropolitan

Neighborhoods, 1990 2k

Whites' Attitudes towards Integration 3k

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