Using a sample of 112 metropolitan areas (with poverty rates ranging from 9.4% to 45.4% for blacks, and 3.5% to 16.0% for whites) and multiple regression analysis, we find that metropolitan location in the Northeast lowers poverty rates of blacks and whites compared to metropolitan areas in ...
Poverty had the strongest effect on child health in both time periods. Conclusions. The association between children's health and living below 150% of the poverty index is not explained by race or family structure. The disparity in child health by family income has serious consequences for both...
No Call Yet in Iowa's Closely Contested 1st Congressional District The Associated Press as of Wednesday has not called the race in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District because the margin is close enough that it could prompt a recount Associated PressNov. 6, 2024...
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Fiber has been identified as both a 'shortfall nutrient' and a 'nutrient of public health concern.' However, little is known about dietary fiber intake relative to poverty-income ratio (PIR) and race/ethnicity in US adults. We examined usual intakes of dietary fiber and compliance with the ...
freelancers or gig workers who recently lost clients may not be counted as unemployed, and the rate doesn't specify whether workers are employed on a part-time basis, or a full-time one. Unemployment figures don't examine the poverty rates for workers, many of whom are under-employed in ...
Rate of homelessness in the U.S. 2023, by state Published byStatista Research Department,Sep 5, 2024 When analyzing the ratio of homelessness to state population, New York, Vermont, and Oregon had the highest rates in 2023. However, Washington, D.C. had an estimated 73 homeless individuals...
We can, however, shed light on the complex relationships between race, poverty, and urban heat by comparing the SUHI distributions faced by people of color to those faced by people living below the poverty line. While there is some overlap of individuals belonging to both groups, such ...
Completion rates differed by sex, race and Hispanic origin, education, BMI, and hypertension status categories (eTable 2 in the Supplement). Across subgroups, completion was more than 70% except among non-Hispanic Asians (62.5%) and participants with a BMI less than 25.0 (68.8%) (eTable 2...
As part of the self-report questionnaire, participants were asked to provide the following sociodemographic characteristics: sex, race and ethnicity, educational status, marital status, and family poverty income ratio (total family income divided by the poverty threshold; <1.3, 1.3 to < 3.5, ≥...