Sentences with phrase «likely than their white counterparts»

Most analysts agree that if McMahon holds Oldham as expected (albeit with a majority much reduced from Meacher's 14,738), it will be largely thanks to the 20 % of the constituents who are British Pakistani or British Bangladeshi, traditional Labour voters who are far more likely than their white counterparts to turn out and vote.

The results show that, after adjusting for differences in family background, black students at any class level are more likely than their white counterparts to attend a four - year university.

Despite rising college attendance, black students are still less likely than their white counterparts to attend prestigious schools that may give them connections or a leg up in the career world.

The Honoré Center is rooted in the concept that black male teachers may be more effective at teaching young black men, who are more likely to struggle in the classroom and are significantly less likely than their white counterparts to graduate from high school and college.

While it is difficult to match credit risk to demographic characteristics, black and Hispanic borrowers are more likely than their white counterparts to have low credit scores.

Not exact matches

The analysis is part of Reveal's ongoing coverage of modern - day redlining in America, which found 61 metro area s, from Jacksonville, Florida to Tacoma, Washington, where people of color were significantly more likely to be denied a conventional home loan than their white counterparts.

Around that same time, a study came out that revealed that black head coaches, despite winning a higher percentage of games, were less likely to be hired (and more likely fired) than their white counterparts.

Asian and white Americans are more likely to have college degrees (50 percent and 29 percent respectively) than their black (18 percent) and Latino (13 percent) counterparts.

Factor in that poor black children are almost three times more likely to be held back in school than their white counterparts.

«There is something profoundly wrong when African - American men are still far more likely to be stopped and searched by police, charged with crimes and sentenced to longer prison terms than are meted out to their white counterparts.»

James said that while there is a 99 percent survival rate if breast cancer is detected early, black women are 42 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than their white counterparts and Hispanic women have significantly higher rates of being diagnosed with advanced breast cancer than either white or black women.

In all industries combined, blacks working in professional or management positions were more likely to experience short sleep than their white counterparts (42 % vs. 26 %).

Given the findings that blacks in general, and black professionals in particular, are likely to sleep less than their white counterparts, the authors said that more investigation is needed — both to help explain the disparities and to eventually help tailor interventions to improve sleep among those who aren't getting enough.

Black public - sector workers are more likely to become unemployed than their white or Hispanic counterparts.

Male blue tits with white cheeks are healthier and more likely to mate with higher quality partners than their counterparts with duller cheek feathers.

Native Americans are more likely to be overweight or obese than their white non-Hispanic counterparts.

Compared to their white counterparts within each alcohol drinking pattern (never, moderate, excessive) investigated, black men and women were significantly more likely to get less than 6 hours of sleep, less likely to get 7 to 8 hours of sleep and generally more likely to get 9 or more hours of sleep.

African - American women are equally, if not more, likely to experience infertility than their white counterparts, but they often cope with this traumatic issue in silence and isolation, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Blacks are less likely to think their cancer is aggressive and are more worried about the cost than their white counterparts

Blacks were more likely to think their cancer was not aggressive and were more likely to worry about the treatment's cost and side effects than their white counterparts.

African American, Hispanic, and white women are less likely than their urban counterparts to have mammograms (7).

In a similar comparison of students by race, the researcher found that African - American students in Nebraska were six times more likely to be identified as emotionally disturbed and those in Iowa were four times as likely to be labeled emotionally disturbed than their white counterparts.

Black and Hispanic students are much less likely to be identified as «gifted» than their white and Asian counterparts — a disparity found in Oklahoma that mirrors national statistics on gifted and talented education.

A study by John Hopkins University found that for a Black student, a Black teacher is 30 % more likely to believe that student will graduate from a four - year college than their white counterpart (Deruy, 2016).

As it stands today, teachers of color are 24 percent more likely to leave the teaching profession than their white counterparts, according to research by Richard Ingersoll, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania who has been studying the issue.

Between 1988 and 2008, teachers of color were 24 percent more likely to leave teaching than their white counterparts, according to Ingersoll's research.

Black children are three times more likely to be born into poverty than their white counterparts, and four times more likely to be born into extreme poverty where average daily funds are less than $ 1.25 per day, according to The World Bank.

Before the Whole - School Social Justice cohorts program, African American students were more likely to be suspended out of school than their white counterparts.

It's been widely reported that, per Department of Education analysis released last year, black preschoolers are «3.6 times more likely to be suspended» than their white counterparts, and twice as likely to get expelled.

A Harvard Education Review study indicates that potential African - American teachers are less likely to be hired than their white counterparts.

Despite Biodun's classroom success, statistics have shown that she is 92 % less likely to be hired by a major UK law firm than her white, male and younger counterparts.

Data shows that families composed of racial or ethnic minorities in the U.S. are more than twice as likely to be living in poverty or low - income than their white non-Hispanic counterparts.

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.