How Black and Hispanic Americans view clinical trials
65% of Americans overall see clinical trials as very important, despite the time such trials add to the process of developing new treatments.
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65% of Americans overall see clinical trials as very important, despite the time such trials add to the process of developing new treatments.
The median wealth of immigrant households increased by 42% from December 2019 to December 2021.
Government data shows gains in education, employment and earnings for Hispanic women, but gaps with other groups remain.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
Increasing representation in science is seen as important for attracting more Hispanic people to science.
Black and Hispanic Americans remain less likely than White adults to say they own a traditional computer or have high-speed internet at home.
While the share of Black, Hispanic and Asian American teachers has increased, it hasn’t kept pace with the growth in the diversity of students.
In 2018-19, 79% of White elementary and secondary public school students went to schools where at least half of their peers were also White.
In 2021, nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States held advanced degrees such as master’s degrees or doctorates.
In 2020, Afro-Latino Americans made up about 2% of the U.S. adult population and 12% of the adult Latino population.
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