Gender Income Gap Persists for Latinas
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
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Higher educational attainment among Hispanic women has not been reflected in earning power. Men still earn more than women at every educational level.
While the number of bachelor's degrees conferred to U.S. residents increased 35 percent from 1976 to 2000, the number of bachelor's degrees earned by Hispanic women soared 430 percent. Women, in fact, earned 60 percent of all bachelor's degrees granted to Hispanics in the 1999-2000 school year.
Census data estimates that for every dollar men earn, women earn 76 cents. The disparity is even more significant for Hispanic women, who have the lowest median income among women of all ethnicities. Mean income comparisons also show disparities, with non-Hispanic white women who obtained bachelor's degrees earning about $34,896 compared to $32,386 for Hispanic women. The mean income for Hispanic women is the lowest in all comparisons.
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