How Race Counts for Latinx Homeownership

In recent decades, the racial wealth gap has widened with extant literature reporting that Black and Latinx families hold fewer assets than white families. One such asset that receives substantial attention because of its wealth-generating principles is homeownership. Whereas intergroup homeownership inequalities are found throughout the literature, less is known about racialized inequality within groups. Latinxs provide a novel case for exploring how racialized homeownership inequality is structured within an ethnic group. Using data from the American Community Survey, we examine the odds of homeownership and predicted logged home values among Latinxs. We find that the association between race and housing outcomes varies substantially across Latinx groups. Drawing from theories of Latinx racial identity and the future of racial structures, we discuss the implications of our findings for understanding racial inequality among Latinx groups.

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“WHITENESS” IN CONTEXT

Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race ◽

10.1017/s1742058x20000223 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-26

Author(s):

Jorge Ballinas ◽

James D. Bachmeier

Keyword(s):

Racial Identity ◽

Identity Formation ◽

State Level ◽

Community Survey ◽

Social Value ◽

Mexican Origin ◽

Racial Identification ◽

Racial Context ◽

Using Data ◽

Racial Identity Formation

Abstract Using data from the 2008–2016 American Community Survey, we compare the racial identification responses of the Mexican-origin population residing in California to their counterparts in Texas, the two states with the largest and most established Mexican-origin populations. We draw on existing theory and research in order to derive a theoretical account of state-level historical mechanisms that are likely to lead to varying patterns of racial identification within the two states and a set of propositions predicting the nature of this variation. Results indicate that the Mexican-origin population in Texas is substantially more likely to claim White racial identification than their counterparts in California, even after accounting for factors related to racial identity formation. Further analysis indicates that this result is robust and buffets the notion that the historical development of the racial context in Texas has engendered a present-day context in which “Whiteness” carries a distinctive social value, relative to California’s ethnoracial context, and that this social value is reflected in the ways in which individuals of Mexican origin respond to race questions on U.S. Census surveys.

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From Major Preferences to Major Choices: Gender and Logics of Major Choice

Sociology of Education ◽

10.1177/0038040719887971 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 93 (2) ◽

pp. 91-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Natasha Quadlin

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Gender Differences ◽

Major Choice ◽

Community Survey ◽

American Community Survey ◽

Economic Returns ◽

Men And Women ◽

Fields Of Study ◽

And Gender ◽

Using Data

Research shows that college students choose majors for a variety of reasons. Some students are motivated by potential economic returns, others want to take engaging classes, and others still would like opportunities to help people in their jobs. But how do these preferences map onto students’ actual major choices? This question is particularly intriguing in light of gender differences in fields of study, as men and women may take divergent pathways in pursuit of the same outcome. Using data from the Pathways through College Study (N = 2,639), I show that men and women choose very different majors even when they cite the same major preferences—what I call gendered logics of major choice. In addition, I use earnings data from the American Community Survey to assess how these gendered logics of major choice may be associated with broader patterns of earnings inequality. I find that among men and women who have the same major preferences, men’s major choices are tied to significantly higher prospective earnings than women’s major choices. This finding demonstrates that the ways men and women translate their preferences into majors are unequal from an earnings perspective. Implications for research on higher education and gender are discussed.

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Race, Ethnicity, Family Socioeconomic Status, and Children’s Hippocampus Volume

Research in Health Science ◽

10.22158/rhs.v5n4p25 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. p25

Author(s):

Shervin Assari

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Ethnic Group ◽

Parental Education ◽

Family Socioeconomic Status ◽

White Families ◽

Race Ethnicity ◽

American Children ◽

Using Data ◽

Hippocampus Volume ◽

Family Ses

Introduction: The hippocampus has a significant role in memory, learning, and cognition. Although hippocampal size is highly susceptible to family socioeconomic status (SES) and associated stress, very little is known on racial and ethnic group differences in the effects of SES indicators on hippocampus volume among American children. Purpose: This study explored the multiplicative effects of race, ethnicity, and family SES on hippocampus volume among American children. Methods: Using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD), we analyzed the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data of 9390 9-10 years old children. The main outcome was hippocampus volume. The predictor was parental education. Subjective family SES was the independent variable. Age, sex, and marital status were the covariates. Racial and ethnic group membership were the moderators. To analyze the data, we used regression models. Results: High subjective family SES was associated with larger hippocampus volume. This effect was significantly larger for Whites than Black families. Conclusions: The effect of subjective family SES on children’s hippocampus volume is weaker in Black than White families.

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Estimating the Population Sizes of Men Who Have Sex With Men in US States and Counties Using Data From the American Community Survey

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance ◽

10.2196/publichealth.5365 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. e14 ◽

Cited By ~ 95

Author(s):

Jeremy A Grey ◽

Kyle T Bernstein ◽

Patrick S Sullivan ◽

David W Purcell ◽

Harrell W Chesson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Community Survey ◽

American Community Survey ◽

Us States ◽

Population Sizes ◽

Sex With Men ◽

Using Data

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Do Affirmative Action Bans Cause Students to Move Across State Lines to Attend College?

Economic Commentary (Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland) ◽

10.26509/frbc-ec-202004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Peter L. Hinrichs

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Affirmative Action ◽

Public Universities ◽

Community Survey ◽

Decennial Census ◽

American Community Survey ◽

Using Data ◽

Education Markets

This Economic Commentary studies whether statewide bans on affirmative action in admission to public universities cause students to move to a new state to attend college. Regression results using data from the decennial census and the American Community Survey provide little evidence that affirmative action bans result in migration across state lines to attend college. In addition to being of direct interest, these results provide a check on earlier research that treats different states roughly as separate higher education markets.

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You Are Where You Are From

Boom A Journal of California ◽

10.1525/boom.2015.5.3.86 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 86-89

Author(s):

Robin Mejia

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Community Survey ◽

American Community Survey ◽

United States Census ◽

Using Data ◽

The Way

Using data from the United States Census 2013 American Community Survey, Robin Mejia looks at the way geography affects a person’s health, wealth, education, and prospects in life.

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When and Where Residential Racial Segregation Matters for the Black Self-employment Rate

The Review of Black Political Economy ◽

10.1177/00346446211013557 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 003464462110135

Author(s):

Asia Bento

Keyword(s):

Racial Segregation ◽

The United States ◽

Community Survey ◽

American Community Survey ◽

Employment Rate ◽

County Level ◽

Logit Models ◽

Employment Opportunities ◽

Self Employment ◽

Using Data

Scholars debate whether residential racial segregation associates positively, negatively, or at all with the Black self-employment rate in the United States. This study engages that debate using data from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) 1980, 1990, and 2000 5% sample and 2006–2010 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year sample. Specifically, I investigate the county-level association between residential racial segregation and the Black self-employment rate, and whether this association varied by region in 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010. Using fractional logit models and net of control variables, I find that residential racial segregation positively predicts Black self-employment in the South. Implications for understanding how time and region condition Black self-employment opportunities are discussed.

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Gender and Educational Differentials in Marital Sorting of Hispanic Young Adults

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ◽

10.1177/00027162211043774 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 696 (1) ◽

pp. 179-197

Author(s):

Kate H. Choi ◽

Marta Tienda

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Young Adults ◽

Community Survey ◽

Future Generations ◽

American Community Survey ◽

Highly Educated ◽

The Past ◽

Marital Sorting ◽

Using Data ◽

College Educated

Over the past few decades, Hispanic young adults have made impressive gains in educational attainment, but improvements have not been even by gender, with Latinas now averaging more schooling than Latinos. These developments in education have implications for Latinx marital sorting behavior and the marriage conditions that they face. Using data from the American Community Survey, we examine intermarriage patterns of Hispanics ages 25 to 34, focusing on gender differences in assortative mating along ethnic and educational lines. We show that college-educated Latinos are less likely than both their lesser-educated peers and college-educated Latinas to marry partners who are less educated than themselves. We also reveal that highly educated Latinas are more likely than Latinos with comparable levels of education to intermarry. We discuss implications for the intergenerational maintenance of Hispanicity as an ethno-race, and for their ability to transmit the socioeconomic gains obtained via educational improvements to future generations of Hispanics.

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