Our demographic controls included: Age (median = 42 years), gender (50.5% female), income (median = USD 50,000 to USD 74,000), race (White 62.9%, Black or African American 11.8%, Hispanic 16.5%, Asian 5.9%, Other 2.9%), and education (median = associate degree in college). Respond...
The wealth gap between Black and white Americans may be partially due to educational opportunities in financial literacy. On average, college-educated African Americans answered 53% of the P-Fin Index questions correctly, compared with 24% among those with a high school degree or lower education ...
AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN: 4.6% AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: 4.8% AFRICAN AMERICAN TEENAGERS: 18.0% AFRICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION BY GENDER & AGE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN: 69.2% AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN: 63.2% AFRICAN AMERICAN TEENAGERS: 30.7% Analysis: African American Men saw a significant decrease in their un...
support groups for gay men living with HIV, gay nightclubs) was described as being vital to the self-acceptance process and overall health and well-being. In these spaces, participants asserted that they were able to find support in the form of friends and mentors: “Being around other gay ...
(Parker,2015). A measure of racial inequality is also included in this study to account for the level of economic disparities between Black and White Americans. Racial inequality is measured by the ratio of White-to-Black family median income (the higher the ratio the less racial inequality)....
Deep-rooted racial residential segregation and housing discrimination have given rise to housing disparities among low-income Black young adults in the US. Most studies have focused on single dimensions of housing instability, and thus provide a partial
National Income Gap (50%): The ratio of Black female median income adjusted for purchasing power as a percentage of the national median income of white males. Employment (full weight): The difference in percentage points between the Black female employment rate and the white male employment rate...
Black households' median net worth is about a tenth of that of White households. Black Americans are the U.S. demographic with the lowest median income, according to Brookings Institution's The Hamilton Project, and they display the highest Covid-19 mortality rate in the country, over twic...
Little is known on how greenspace redevelopment—creating or improving existing parks and trails—targeted for low-income and/or majority Black neighborhoods could amplify existing social environmental stressors, increase residents’ susceptibility to displacement, and impact their sleep quality. Objective ...
income ranged from < $20,000 to $150,000, the average being $57,499. The majority of the sample (95%) reported being assigned male at birth and 5% as female. All the participants (100%) self-reported having sex with men within the previous year; 45% reported being gay, 35% ...