the calculation of the poverty line is based on income disparity.
the calculation of the poverty line is based on income disparity.
the calculation of the poverty line is based on?
income disparity
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the analysis of poverty levels across different ethnic groups can give an indication of structural racism. to start one must look at the current poverty level in each race group and then the trends over a period a time. the 2017 poverty guideline for the contiguous united states for a household of 3 is $20,460.00 according to the u.s. department of health and human services. . a household size of three was chosen since the average size in the united states is about three. using the poverty guideline for a household size of three from the u.s. department of health and human services as a baseline to compare incomes by household in each ethnic group, one can see the trends and compare the groups. based on the 2017 u.s. census data and the poverty guideline roughly 13.4% of households who identify as white only make at or below the poverty level and about 20.3% make double or less than double the poverty limit; for those households who identify as black about 26.8% are at or below the poverty line and about 26.9% make double or less than double the poverty limit; for the households who identify as asian about 12.6% are at or below the poverty line and about 15.1% make double or less than double the poverty limit; and for the households that identify as hispanic about 18.1% are at or below the poverty line and about 26.2% make double or less than double the poverty limit. compared to households who identify as white those who identify as black or hispanic have higher rates of poverty. the households who identify as asian actually have lower rates of poverty whether it is due to higher education here or immigrating already educated and ready to work but one thing is certain this contributes to the model minority stereotype that comes with, bringing along a whole new set of concepts not always good and causes more distance between asians and other ethnic groups. regardless of what the difference is between the asian household sand the others the disparities between the others is clear. a little more than twice the percentage of black households are impoverished compared to white households and hispanic households are about five percent more likely to at or below the poverty line. both hispanic and black households have about a six percent amount of households that make less than or double the poverty line compared to white households. as expected these differences in also translate when considering households of each ethnic group that bring in six figures or more. still based on the 2017 u.s. census data the percentage households that identify as white alone who have over six figure incomes is 32.9%; only 16.1% of households that identify as black have six figure incomes; 41.7% of households that identify as asian have six figure incomes; and the percentage of hispanic households that have six figure incomes or more is 19.8%. once again the same trend emerges here as with the poverty lines. there are disparities between the white households and the black and hispanic households. there are more than twice the percentage of black households with six figure incomes compared to white households;on the other hand hispanic households have 13% lower amount of households with six figure incomes comparatively. this shows how extensive the wealth gap is between the ethnic groups because they have more impoverished and less wealthy households. the wealth gap between ethnic groups has been present for awhile and can be seen over time as median income in the following figure from the u.s. census website. this figure shows that even though as a whole every group got wealthier, the gap between the ethnic groups has stayed relatively the same or slightly grown. this is one of the key concepts of structural racism, there are poverty inequalities that have persisted for decades. poverty leads to health issues, less higher education, more high school dropouts, more teenage pregnancy, and less opportunities. therefore a large part of structural racism has to do with perpetuating a cycle of poverty onto other ethnic groups which makes it substantially harder for them to get to same point or work there way up as a white person in america. this is because the impoverished start with less and because it has been a cycle of poverty most ethnic families do not have property, savings, or valuables to pass on, which just perpetuates the cycle further. these comparisons were not intended to ostracize,exclude, or lump any ethnic groups; there was not current data on pacific islander,native american, or middle easterners in the u.s. census bureau study that was used.
societal racism