Class 3 Flashcards
BLACK POPULATION
- 44.5 million or 14.2% of the us population
- significant facts today
–>there are more black veterans than other groups
–>there is a significant decrease in men and women being incarcerated in federal prisons than previous decades
METROPOLITAN AND NON-METROPOLITAN RESIDENCE
- 55.1% live inside the metropolitan area, central city
- 31% live outside central city, metropolitan area
- 13.9% non metropolitan
- by 2015 if trend continues ½ will live in suburbs
RATIO OF BLACK MEN TO BLACK WOMEN
- For every 100 unmarried black women, there are only 60% marriageable black male
- Nearly 50% have never married, highest among all groups
- Only 30% are married
- Highest among all ethnic groups*
HEALTH:• Major causes of disease/death (9)
o Heart o Cancer o Stroke o Diabetes o Unintentional injuries-infections o Kidney o Respiratory o Homicide o Septicemia
LIFE EXPECTANCY OF CHILDREN BORN IN 1988
•65% of AA men lack health insurance vs. 41% of whites
•69.5 years for black males
•75.7 years for white men
–>BUT: if a black male makes it to 75 then he has a longer life expectancy than white men
- black males life expectancy is approximately 7 years shorter than females
- Chinese male have longer life expectancy than women and anyone else?
AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES
- Men ages 25-34 commit suicide at a higher rate than any other African American group
- Young black men are the only segment of the U.S. population with a decreasing life expectancy
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, MCCORD AND FREEMAN
- Life expectancy of black men in Harlem was lower than it was for men in the third world country of Bangladesh
- In the last 20 years the quality of life for black men has deteriorated markedly
FAMILY INCOME MARRIED COUPLE
- Approximately 27.6% makes 75,000 and over
- Approximately 25.2% makes 50-74,000
- Households making over $75,000 has increased 47% over the last 5 year period
- 68% of middle class live from pay check to pay check
- 95% do not have enough for ¾ of their essential expenses for 3 months
BLACK MALE/FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS
•Median income was $36,102. In 2012 dropped to $33,460
–>And its dropping*
•Single females, median income = $ 25,958
•More than 40% of headed households are poor
BLACK FERTITLITY RATES
•AA’s have a birth rate of 72% of births to unmarried mothers as compared to all races and origins of 35.7%
RESEARCH ON NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS: McLoyd & Ceball, 1988 (2011)
How does neighborhood where family resides impact family income and use? (13 years later, similar findings)
- Goods and services available are priced higher in comparison to those available to whites
- Financial services i.e. insurance, mortgages are higher
- More per square Ft per versus being on outer edge–not in city
–>Implications: less discretionary money to save, invest, spend on child related services, purchase goods/services
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
- Is over twice the rate of young whites, Hispanic, and Asian men
- Over 20% of young AA men in poverty as compared to 18% Hispanic, and 10% whites
POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT
- Is this a structural problem?
- Is this a personal problem?
- Is this a result of social positions and the accompanying roles including sex and race?
- U.S. Department of Labor “feminization of poverty” full time: 81% of wage paid to men*
POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT
•Hispanic male, black male, and a white male drop out of high school and look for a job…what happens?
•Hispanic male, black male, and a white male drop out of high school and look for a job…what happens?
-The Hispanic male will get the job 1st
•Stereotype exists among employers* Hispanics…
Wont sass boss
Will listen
Will work harder without complaints
•LONG RUN IMPACTS: less Hispanics continuing their education
oBlacks second to find job
oWhite male least likely to find employment
AFFLUENT AFRICAN AMERICANS
•Since the 60s there has been a four fold increase income to over a million families earning over 50,000 median =($50k +)
•Approximately 5.2% owned firms (28% women owned)
•Characteristics include
o Well educated
o Married
o Homeowners
o Suburbanites
