Latino family hardship rates high

Tue21Nov2006

Latino family hardship rates high

18:54 H | Topics: Family - Health - Money - Society

According to data just released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Latino and African American families are having a hard time making ends meet, and "experience difficulty affording food, lack needed medical care, and/or live in overcrowded conditions."

The report finds that 28 percent of African American families with children, and 31 percent of families headed by a Latino citizen, experience at least one of the above three hardships at some point during the year, according to the survey. This is double the rate for non-Latino white families with children (14 percent). This disparity largely reflects the fact that poverty rates are several times higher for African American and Latino families than for white families.

This striking data comes from a Census Bureau survey which, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, is valuable in learning about hardship levels, but is at risk of being terminated by Congress. A senior researcher at the Center says "If this survey is eliminated, we will lose one of our best means of understanding what it's like to be poor in this country."

Via / U.S. Newswire

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