UFKU0, i found something that you may be interested in. i hate extended quotes, but ill try to keep to a minimum, and give the link for full context.
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=44984
Quote:
According to recently released 2004 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, African American women working full-time, full-year earn $26,992 in median annual earnings, compared with $32,036 earned by comparable white women workers.
Among those with a bachelor's degree alone, African American women earn $38,160 compared with $40,700 earned by comparable white women. African American women are also less likely than white women to hold bachelor's degrees or higher, with only 16.7 percent of African American women holding bachelor's degrees in 2004, compared with 24.6 percent of white women.
When comparing the median earnings of all workers (regardless of work schedule or amount of time worked), college-educated African American women do earn slightly more than white women. This is likely due to the greater work effort shown by African American women who tend to work more than other women with the same educational background. Recent analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute shows that college-educated African American women work, on average, 1,923 hours per year, compared to the 1,734 hours per year worked by college-educated white women.
"That disparity adds up to over a month of additional full- time work by African American women. With that level of work effort, it would be a tragedy if African American women weren't earning more," comments Avis Jones-DeWeever, Study Director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
But for many, working more is not enough. Census Data from 2003 also show that African American women are far more likely to live in poverty than are white women, with 26.5 percent of African American women, and 9.1 percent of white women living in poverty.
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as it stands for me, i had to reinstall windows, and have not yet reinstalled SPSS. i have the GSS (general social survey) for 2002 and was thinking about running the numbers myself. i'll get back to you on that once it is done.
with regards to the male/female fear issue, ask any woman who is working in a male-dominated field if she thinks men get better treatment. 98% of the time (according to Harvard's research), they will say yes.
now, ask a man if he is worried about the recent trend of women hires in typically male dominated work (and i dont mean hires as secretaries). i am fairly confident that there is quite some concern in some cases, and downright hostility in others. now, am i saying that every man is afraid or every woman is afraid? of course not. but i can guarantee that some are.
when it comes down to it, we must be careful of the numbers that are printed in any news media. the numbers that are fit for print are rarely trustworthy because they tell only part of the story; the part that is most controversial.