A Majority of Latinas Feel Pressure To Support Their Families or To Succeed at Work
Many juggle cultural expectations and gender roles from both Latin America and the U.S., like doing housework and succeeding at work.
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Many juggle cultural expectations and gender roles from both Latin America and the U.S., like doing housework and succeeding at work.
Overall, 64% of Asian American adults say they gave to a U.S. charitable organization in the 12 months before the survey. One-in-five say they gave to a charity in their Asian ancestral homeland during that time. And 27% say they sent money to someone living there.
The share of Asian Americans in the U.S. middle class has held steady since 2010, while the share in the upper-income tier has grown.
Government data shows gains in education, employment and earnings for Hispanic women, but gaps with other groups remain.
As the financial divide has grown, a smaller share of Americans now live in middle-class households. Here are key facts about this group.
Immigrants – particularly those from African nations – are a growing share of the U.S. Black population.
While Black adults define personal and financial success in different ways, most see these measures of success as major sources of pressure in their lives.
Latinos say they and their loved ones have faced widespread job losses and serious illness due to COVID-19. Yet satisfaction with the nation’s direction is at highest level in a decade as most say the worst of the pandemic is behind us.
About one-in-four Black households and one-in-seven Hispanic households had no wealth or were in debt in 2021, compared with about one-in-ten U.S. households overall.
Black Americans support significant reforms to or complete overhauls of several U.S. institutions to ensure fair treatment. Yet even as they assess inequality and ideas about progress, many are pessimistic about whether society and institutions will change in ways that would reduce racism.
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