Research & Studies

The Higher Education Payoff for Young African Americans

In 2010, young Blacks with a master's degree had average earnings of $49,100. This is 90.6 percent of the average earnings of young Whites with a master's degree.

Boston University Study Links Low Level of Education With Obesity Among Black Women

The results showed that women whose parents had not completed high school were more likely to become obese than women who had at least one parent who completed college.

University Study Finds That Many Black Women Are Uninformed About Heart Disease

Black and Hispanic women were 66 percent less likely than White women to be aware that heart disease is the leading cause of death among women.

University of Cincinnati Scholar Examines If Clergy Can Help Fight Depression in the Black Community

Research has shown that African Americans are less likely than Whites to acknowledge that they are depressed and are less likely to seek treatment.

Wayne State University Study Finds Heart Disease in 90 Percent of Black Hypertension Patients

For patients who visited an emergency room for non-heart-related reasons, 90 percent of those with hypertension also had heart disease.

Television Viewing Can Negatively Impact the Self-Esteem of Young African Americans

The results found that for Black and White girls and young Black males, their self esteem was lower the more they watched television. But for White males who watched a lot of television, their self-esteem increased.

Racial Bias Found in the Assignment of the Writing of Majority Opinions in State Supreme Court Cases

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

University Study Finds That Exercise Alone Does Little to Prevent Obesity Among Black Girls

Official U.S. government data finds that 39 percent of adult African American women are obese. But new research finds that exercise alone may not be adequate to reduce rates of obesity.

University Study Finds That Families Who Move Tend to Self-Segregate by Race

Study conducted by sociologists at the University of Washington finds that Black and Whites who move tend to end up in neighborhoods with predominantly Black or White residents.

Comparing the Educational Attainment of Foreign-Born and Native-Born Blacks in the U.S.

Some 73 percent of fathers and 53 percent of mothers in Nigerian immigrant families have completed college.

Study Finds Black Children Have High Levels of Flame Retardant Chemicals in Their Systems

Some of the flame retardant chemicals have been banned but they remain in older furniture that is more likely to be owned by low-income and minority families.

Study Finds Women and Minority Doctoral Candidates May Face Faculty Discrimination

Prospective doctoral students with Caucasian sounding male names were 26 percent more likely to be granted an interview than candidates with names that indicated they were minorities or women.

Stanford University Research Finds Racial Bias in Whites’ Views on Juvenile Sentencing

The study found that participants who had been told the offender in a violent crime was Black were more likely than other participants to support life in prison without parole for convicted juveniles.

Duke University Economist Finds Blacks Pay a Premium in Housing Market

When all other variables are the same, African Americans on average pay $6,000 more than Whites for a $200,000 house.

Penn Study Finds Racial Disparities in Assistance for Heart Attack Victims

African Americans who have heart attacks are less likely to receive CPR from bystanders than Whites who have heart attacks.

UMass Study Examines How Infants Perceive People Who Look Different

The study showed that infants are better at recognizing facial and emotional expressions of people within groups they interact with the most.

University of Michigan Study Finds Racial Disparity in Adherence to HIV Drug Therapy

The study of patients receiving antiretroviral drug therapy found that only 30 percent of African American patients maintained the optimal adherence to their prescribed schedule.

Study Finds a Narrowing of the Digital Divide

While broadband access to the Internet among Blacks has increased, much of the gain appears to be from an increased use of smartphones by African Americans.

Are Teachers Lavishing Black Students With Too Much Praise?

A Rutgers University study finds that White teachers provided more praise and less criticism if they thought that the student who wrote a poorly written essay was Black or Hispanic.

North Carolina State University Study Finds Racism in the Level of Restaurant Service

The results showed that 38.5 percent of all servers admitted to providing a lower level of service to African American customers at least some of the time.
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