Sentences with phrase «americans than any other ethnic group»

But it shows up more often in African Americans than any other ethnic group.

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The disorder also seems to afflict white middle and upper - middle class boys more than other ethnic groups, such as Asian - Americans.

These forces are the stuff of everyday life: rates of birth higher for Mexicans and Mexican - Americans than for most other ethnic groups; a chain of entirely legal immigration, as Mexican - Americans bestow residency and citizenship on their spouses, children and parents; and a practice of illegal immigration that is, in the vast majority of instances, born from ordinary people exercising common sense.

The striking fact is that the Jewish rate is much lower than that of any other religious or ethnic group in the country, with the one exception of Americans of Chinese descent.

Native Americans have high rates of breastfeeding initiation, but breastfeeding continuation and exclusivity decrease more rapidly than in most other ethnic groups (except blacks)(2).

Incidence rates among African American service members were higher than rates in other racial and ethnic groups in all age groups.

Hispanic Americans, on the other hand, have the highest sex ratio of any ethnic group in the country — over 1.5 for people in their twenties — mainly because far more men immigrate than women.

Blood pressure management appeared to benefit African Americans and women more than other ethnic groups or men; however, the converse was true for LDL control.

Approximately 15 percent of the participants were Caucasian, just over 70 percent were Hispanic and nearly 10 percent were African - American, with less than 5 percent a combination of other racial or ethnic groups.

«We found that African Americans are less likely than other racial / ethnic groups to abuse hard drugs.

When it comes to academic achievement, Asian - Americans outclass every other ethnic group, with more than half over age 25 holding a bachelor's degree — well above the national average of 28 %.

No other ethnic or racial group will do more to change the makeup of American schools over the next quarter - century than Hispanics.

Hispanics are also less likely than members of other ethnic groups to earn a bachelor's degree: 15 percent of Hispanics have a bachelor's degree, compared to 33 percent of whites, 54 percent of Asians, and 22 percent of African Americans (see Figure 1).

Some examples of systemic intolerance and institutionalized racism include the disproportionate number of African American or Latino students who are suspended and expelled, or when the academic proficiency standards for certain ethnic groups are lower than others, as is true in Florida and Virginia.

CPS, in fact, has a disproportionately high percentage of students categorized as learning disabled, and African - American students are more likely to be placed in special education than any other racial or ethnic group, state data show.

In a report released this month, the Southern Education Foundation says the demographic shift was fueled by a combination of factors: an influx of Latinos and members of other ethnic groups, a return of many African - American families to the South, and higher birthrates among both blacks and Latinos than among whites.

Holmes» student body is predominantly African American and Latino with less than 6 % from other ethnic groups.

TBA's student body is predominantly African American and Latino with less than 10 % from other ethnic groups.

This report finds that while the population of teachers of color overall is growing, Black and Native American teachers are a declining share of the teacher workforce and the gap between the percentage of Latinx teachers and students is larger than for any other racial or ethnic group.

African - Americans are generally more likely than other ethnic groups to make use of these services at libraries, especially accessing newspapers or news articles and accessing specialized databases such as legal or public records.

We found evidence that parental expectations are higher among Asian American families than other racial / ethnic groups.