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Simich-Dudgeon, Carmen – 1996
This study investigates the relationship between the mathematics attitudes of over 32,000 Hispanic and Asian students in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics Trial State Assessment, by gender and ethnicity, and by their mathematics performance scores. Descriptive inferential statistical procedures designed for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Asian Americans, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Andrulis, Dennis P.; Duchon, Lisa M.; Reidj, Hailey M. – 2003
This report profiles the 2000 status of and changes (since 1990) in rates of health and health-related measures for racially and culturally diverse populations living in the 100 largest U.S. cities and their suburbs. Data came from the U.S. Census Bureau and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify patterns in race/ethnicity, foreign…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Birth Weight, Blacks
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 2001
This factsheet describes important changes in the academic characteristics of recent high school graduates that relate directly to university eligibility and student preparation. Data show that by ethnic-racial group, in 1999, 55% of Asian graduates and 41% of White graduates completed the university-preparatory curricula, while only 26% of Black…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian American Students, Black Students, College Bound Students
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Teranishi, Robert T. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2002
Used critical race theory to explore similarities and differences in Chinese- and Filipino-American high school students' racial and ethnic experiences and in their college aspirations. Examines how racial and ethnic experiences influenced their processes of developing and realizing their postsecondary aspirations. Between-group differences…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Asian American Students, Chinese Americans, College Bound Students
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Hirschman, Charles – International Migration Review, 1994
Examines alternative methods to measure the status of "second-generation immigrants" using 1990 Census of Population data. Research of the variations in socioeconomic adaptation by duration of American residence among immigrants who arrived as children or teenagers reveals a dominant pattern of successful adaptation with greater exposure…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
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Franke, Todd Michael – Journal of Multicultural Social Work, 2000
Analysis of data from a national longitudinal study of adolescent health found that adolescent involvement in four types of violent behaviors was related to race/ethnicity, gender, and family structure. Family cohesion was a protective factor against all types of violence. (Contains 45 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asian Americans, Blacks, Ethnicity
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Teranishi, Robert T.; Ceja, Miguel; Antonio, Anthony Lising; Allen, Walter Recharde; McDonough, Patricia M. – Review of Higher Education, 2004
This study examines differential college-choice behavior and outcomes among Asian Pacific American (APA) student subpopulations with the goal of examining the extent to which the Asian American population is, in fact, a homogeneous "model minority" in college destinations and decision-making processes. The results suggest that their postsecondary…
Descriptors: College Choice, Ethnicity, Student Behavior, Pacific Americans
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Grabe, Shelly; Hyde, Janet Shibley – Psychological Bulletin, 2005
The prevailing view in popular culture and the psychological literature is that White women have greater body dissatisfaction than women of color. In this meta-analysis, 6 main effect sizes were obtained for differences among Asian American, Black, Hispanic, and White women with a sample of 98 studies, yielding 222 effect sizes. The average d for…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Self Concept, Females, Meta Analysis
Thomas, Gail E., Ed. – 1995
In compiling this collection, the editor posed the question of the meaning of race and ethnicity in the United States at the threshold of the 21st century. The answers provided by the diverse authors as they wrote on issues of education, health, and employment are revealing and disturbing. Their contributions emphasize that race continues to exert…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Economic Factors
Carey, Nancy; Farris, Elizabeth – 1996
A survey was conducted to determine by what methods schools classify students' race and ethnicity, the categories they use, and how they report the information to the federal government. The survey was conducted through the Fast Response Survey System, a system designed for small amounts of data and rapid surveys. Brief questionnaires were sent to…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Classification
Xenos, Peter; And Others – 1989
The South Asian population has emerged as a dynamic and affluent cultural minority in the United States. The 1980 Census, which provides the basis for this report, estimates the number of South Asians at around 400,000, and projections suggest that over one million will have joined the U.S. population by the year 2000. South Asian ethnicity is…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Demography
Dornbusch, Sanford M.; And Others – 1987
This report, part of a larger study of the impact of family structures and processes on the social and academic performance of American high school students, focuses on Asian- and Pacific-American high school achievement. The following findings are reported: (1) Asian-Americans and Pacific-Americans exhibit very different patterns in school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Asian Americans, Child Rearing
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Ellis, Diane C. – 1987
This report summarizes and compares data, extracted from U.S. Census Bureau reports, relating to the numbers and relative earnings of artists from different racial and ethnic backgrounds and for male and female artists. Results indicate that Black and Hispanic workers are underrepresented in artist occupations in relation to their numbers in the…
Descriptors: Art, Art Activities, Artists, Asian Americans
Moritsugu, John; And Others – 1978
Increasing rates of out-marriages among the Asian communities indicate the Asian-American's acceptance by the dominant American culture while posing a potential social problem for their children. Given two divergent cultures the children face conflicts over cultural values accepted and cultural communities embraced. Some of these possible…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culture Conflict
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Mental Health Services. – 2001
This supplement to "Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General" (1999) documents the existence of striking disparities for minorities in mental health services and the underlying knowledge base. Racial and ethnic minorities have less access to mental health services than whites, and they are less likely to receive needed care. When they…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
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