Research & Studies

University Study Finds a Racial Bias in Pain Perception Among Young Children

Researchers asked children to rate the severity of pain that they believed other children felt when they experienced events like bumping their head or having their hand slammed in a door.

Blacks Projected to Have a Higher Share of College Enrollments by 2022

The projections show that by 2022, there will be 3,940,000 African Americans enrolled in higher education. They will make up 17.3 percent of all enrollments in higher education, according to the projections.

The Growing Racial Gap in Home Ownership

Many American families use the equity in their home to finance the higher education of their children or grandchildren. This source of higher education funding is less available to African Americans.

Childhood Adversity Impacts the Adult Health of Black Men

A new study led by a sociologist at the University of Texas finds that African American men who endured childhood adversity are more likely to have physical and mental health problems as adults.

The Advanced Placement Tests on Which Black Students Have Been More Likely to Succeed

Of the 34 AP examinations offered in 2013, African Americans scored the highest on several foreign language tests. Also the racial gap in AP scores were the lowest on many of the foreign languages tests.

New Government Data Shows a Racial Gap in Home Internet Use

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that 83.6 percent of the non-Hispanic White population in the United States has Internet access in their home. For Black Americans, the figure is 68 percent.

Examining the Gender Gap in African American Degree Attainments

There are 2,248,000 African American men over the age of 18 who have earned at least a bachelor's degree compared to 3,283,000 African American women with at least a bachelor's degree.

The Large Racial Gap in Advanced Placement Examination Scores

Participation of African American students in Advanced Placement programs at U.S. high schools has soared in recent years. But a huge racial gap persists in performance on AP examinations.

UCLA Study Gives a Poor Grade to Hollywood’s Progress in Diversity

Darnell Hunt, UCLA professor and the lead author, stated, "The report paints a picture of an industry that is woefully out of touch with an emerging America, an America that is becoming more diverse by the day."

More than 5 Million African Americans Have a Four-Year College Degree

Some 21.7 percent of all African American adults have obtained at least a bachelor's degree. Blacks have made tremendous progress, but a significant racial gap remains.

Racial Differences in Union Membership and Wages

In 2013, there were 2,081,000 African American union members, some 13.6 percent of all African American workers. For union members, Blacks earned 80.9 percent of the wages earned by Whites.

University of Georgia Study Links Racial Discrimination to Risk of Disease

The study found that African American youth who experience frequent incidents of discrimination are more likely than others to develop heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, and stroke.

African Americans With Alternative Educational Credentials

The data shows that 21 percent of Black adults in the United States have some form or alternative educational credential. For White Americans the figure is 25.6 percent. These credentials include professional certification or licensure or an educational certificate.

Academic Study Finds Racial Differences in How Doctors Converse With HIV Patients

Healthcare providers talked about strict adherence to a drug regimen with Black patients more so than they did with White patients, regardless of whether there had been a problem with sticking to the regimen.

University of Iowa Survey Finds Widespread Racial Disparities in Children’s Health

The survey found that African American and Latino children experience lower health status, lower quality of care, higher unmet need for care, and more food insecurity than White or Asian children in the state.

Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality Issues Its First Annual Report

In the report, some of the nation's leading economists examine labor markets, poverty indicators, income and wealth inequality, the safety net, and poverty's impact on health and education.

Research Finds That for Black Women, Exercise Can Fend Off Aggressive Breast Cancer

The study by researchers at Boston University and Georgetown University found that Black women who exercise at least once each week were less likely to develop an aggressive form of breast cancer than Black women who did not exercise.

UCLA Research Finds Blacks Have More Advanced Cases of Thyroid Cancer at Time of Diagnosis

A team of researchers at UCLA examined more than 26,000 cases of patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer between the years 1999 and 2008. Minorities had far more advanced cancers than Whites at the time of diagnosis.

Educated Black Men Are Remembered as Having Lighter Skin Than Is Actually the Case

Researchers at San Francisco State University conducted an interesting experiment with college students that found that they remember Black people who have been identified as being successful as having lighter skin than is actually the case.

The Digitial Divide Has Nothing to Do With Race

A new study published by the Pew Research Center finds that the much publicized "digital divide" between Blacks and Whites is mostly due to economic factors rather than race.
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