Elizabeth Bautista
April 15, 2018
Race, Ethnicity and the Quality of Life in American 1972-2008
The article Race, Ethnicity and the Quality of Life in America 1972- 2008, focuses on extending research on black-whites gaps and their quality of life. To find the data the researchers used the General Social Survey, where they focused on Latinos. Their analysis measured the satisfaction of their financial conditions. The quality-of-life measured was coded so that higher values meant their where "better states". The dependent variable for the research where martial happiness, trust, self-assessed health status and overall happiness. For the Independent variables they used the years of education completed, marital status, employment status, and age and in 2008 new variables where added such as attendance of religious services and gender. The respondents had to answer questions regarding if they where Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino/ Latina. Other questions where about their marriage, their health, happiness, trust and their satisfaction of their financial situation. The results showed that Latinos as a whole population had a lower style of living than other groups. The control variables like education and income did not affect the Latino effects. The result showed that Mexican- origin Latinos do not have a lower quality of life than Non-Mexican peers. The racial gaps of black-whites seem to change in the future due to the demographics.
Skin Tone, Race/ Ethnicity, and Wealth Inequality among New Immigrants.
The article "Skin Tone, Race/ Ethnicity, and Wealth Inequality among New Immigrants", focuses on the integration of immigrants in the US society. The influence of immigrants and their ability to help improve the economy. The authors also focus on financial well-being and how skin tone and race/ethnicity contribute to wealth inequality. The data for this research was collected from The New Immigrant survey. This survey focuses on the relation between skin-tone and race with wealth among Legal Permanent Residents. The survey consists of 8,573 legal permanent residents, of 18 years of age. The interviewers where interviewed in person and where asked questions about skin-color. The results showed there is a stereotype on how skin-tone is related to how a person is treated. Darker skin-tone individuals are considered to be less intelligent or have a lower education. This also affects the probabilities of a darker skin person to find employment. Over all the results do support the hypothesis that darker-skinned immigrants have lower level of wealth and will most likely not own assets. Immigrants with the minority status and darker skin-tone will face more disadvantages than Whites and light-skinned immigrants.
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