Hispanic Americans’ Trust in and Engagement With Science
Hispanic college graduates working in STEM are more likely than their non-Hispanic White counterparts to recall mistreatment in STEM schooling
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- Hispanic Americans’ Trust in and Engagement With Science
- Relatively few Hispanic adults see scientists as welcoming to Hispanic professionals in these jobs
- Half of Hispanic adults think having more Hispanic high achievers in STEM would help a lot to attract more to these degree programs
- About a third of Hispanic adults say they would prefer a health care provider who speaks Spanish
- About three-in-ten Hispanic adults have a great deal of confidence in medical scientists
- Most Hispanic Americans say they can rely on experts for COVID-19 news and information
- U.S. Hispanic population reached more than 62 million in 2020
- Among U.S. Hispanics, immigrants and those born in Puerto Rico are a declining share
- For Latinos, English proficiency has increased and Spanish use at home has decreased, especially among those born in the U.S.
- 53% of Hispanic adults say health risks in jobs are major reason for generally worse health outcomes
- 51% of Hispanic adults think health outcomes for Hispanic people have gotten better in past 20 years
- About seven-in-ten Hispanic adults say they have seen a health care provider in the past 12 months, have a primary care provider
- Hispanic adults are closely divided over how easy – or difficult – it is to understand process of getting medical care
- Majority of Hispanic adults give positive ratings for the quality of health care they’ve received most recently
- A third of Hispanic adults report having to speak up to get proper care from doctors
- Black Hispanic adults are more likely to report negative experiences with doctors than White Hispanic adults
- 58% of Hispanic immigrants say they prefer to see a Spanish-speaking health care provider
- About two-thirds of recent Hispanic immigrants say they prefer to see a Hispanic health care provider
- Majorities of Hispanic adults view a Hispanic doctor as about the same as others at key aspects of care
- Spanish-dominant Hispanic Americans are more likely than those who mainly speak English to think Hispanic health care providers are better at key aspects of care
- Hispanic Americans have at least a fair amount of confidence in medical scientists, scientists to act in the public interest
- Large partisan differences in confidence in medical scientists among Hispanic adults
- Hispanic adults are largely positive in rating medical researchers’ competence
- Hispanic Americans most familiar with what medical researchers do see them in a more positive light
- 57% of Hispanic adults say that medical research misconduct is at least a moderately big problem
- Foreign-born Hispanic Americans are especially likely to see medical research misconduct as a problem
- Majority of Hispanic adults have some familiarity with history of sterilizing ethnic minority women without their full understanding
- Those who identify as Black Hispanic are especially aware of these cases of misconduct
- Hispanic adults who know a lot about medical research scientists are more likely to say that procedures in place prevent misconduct
- Nearly half of Hispanic adults say they talked about COVID-19 news regularly
- Younger Hispanic social media users are slightly more likely to have seen content related to COVID-19 recently
- Majority of Hispanic adults can rely on experts for information about the coronavirus outbreak
- Hispanic Democrats more likely than those in GOP to feel they can rely on experts for coronavirus information
- A majority of Hispanic Americans report being frustrated by political disagreement when following news about the coronavirus outbreak
- Among Hispanic adults, frustration about the amount of political disagreement over coronavirus information is shared across partisan lines
- A majority of Hispanic adults say there have been public events about the coronavirus in their community
- Majority of Hispanic Americans express interest in following science news
- Hispanic adults with higher levels of education report greater interest in science news
- About a quarter of Hispanic adults say scientists are very welcoming of Hispanic people in these jobs
- Hispanic Americans less likely to see Hispanic achievement in science relative to other professions
- Hispanic Americans see range of reasons that young people don’t pursue STEM degrees
- College-educated Hispanic adults more likely to see lack of access to quality education as a major reason young people do not pursue STEM degrees
- Half of Hispanic adults think having more Hispanic high achievers in STEM would help attract more to these degree programs
- First-generation college attendees especially likely to see representation as a factor for encouraging more young Hispanic people to pursue STEM degrees
- About half of Hispanic high school graduates say someone made them feel excited about their abilities in STEM
- About nine-in-ten Hispanic college graduates working in STEM jobs recall positive classroom experiences
- American Trends Panel recruitment surveys
- Invitation and reminder dates
- Weighting dimensions
- Unweighted sample sizes, margin of error
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