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Bratter, Jenifer; Damaske, Sarah – University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, 2010
Capturing the conditions of children of color living in single-parent families has become more complex due to the growing presence of interracial households. This analysis assesses the size and poverty status of single-female headed families housing multiracial children. Using data from the 2000 Census, we find that 9 percent of female-headed…
Descriptors: Reference Groups, Poverty, Mothers, Family (Sociological Unit)
Kubiak, Anna; And Others – 1992
Whether stratifying gender and ethnic groups according to educational variables in the examinees' backgrounds adds information to the differential item functioning (DIF) process for the verbal and quantitative sections of a graduate admission test was explored using data from a 1990 graduate admission test. DIF analyses were performed on the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, College Entrance Examinations, Courses