Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin

[Doug Henwood]

Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 13:05:30 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin
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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

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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.
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      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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