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Title: Race and Ethnic Group Differences in Socio-Economic Status: Black Caribbeans, African Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites in the United States
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Publication Year: 2012
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Abstract: This study investigated ethnic-related heterogeneity in socio-economic status among Black persons in the United States. Guided by arguments from sociology's status attainment literature on the assimilation of ethnic groups, the study hypothesized ethnic and racial differences across seven measures of socio-economic status. The examination of data from the National Survey of American Life revealed differences between Caribbean Blacks and African Americans on five of the seven indicators of socioeconomic status, depending on Caribbean's 'country-of-origin, or duration-of-stay in the United States. A Caribbean advantage characteristically defined the nature of the differences shown. The few differences between Caribbean Blacks and non-Hispanic Whites, in contrast to the greater prevalence of African American and non-Hispanic White differences additionally supported the thesis of Black ethnic-related economic heterogeneity.
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Authors: Manuel, Ron Carmichael; Taylor, Robert J.; Jackson, James S.
Periodical (Full): Western Journal of Black Studies
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Pages: 228-239
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity
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