{"654790":{"#nid":"654790","#data":{"type":"news","title":"New Research Paints a More Detailed Picture of Poverty and Race in America","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHispanics account for 17% of the U.S. population but experience nearly a third of its poverty, according to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s41996-021-00093-2\u0022\u003Ea new study\u003C\/a\u003E from the Georgia Tech School of Economics. The study evaluates deprivation across racial and ethnic groups using a variety of indicators, such as access to health insurance, education, employment opportunities, and more. The findings have long-term implications for U.S. public policy, the researchers note.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe study by Shatakshee Dhongde, associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s School of Economics, and Xiaoyu Dong, a fifth-year Ph.D. student, is the most robust analysis of multidimensional poverty in the U.S. to date.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMultidimensional poverty \u0026quot;captures what we call quality of life, rather than just income,\u0026quot; Dhongde explained. \u0026quot;Income can be an indicator, but it is only one of the quality-of-life indicators. It shouldn\u0026#39;t be treated as the most important one.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDong added:\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;We want to capture more about what\u0026#39;s going on, instead of just one threshold,\u0026nbsp;because this threshold does not tell the whole story of people\u0026#39;s lives.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDhongde\u0026nbsp;and Dong used U.S. Census data from 2009 to 2018 to measure well-being among white, Black, Hispanic, and Native American populations according to the deprivations they experience.\u0026nbsp;The numbers show a stark contrast with official\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/publications\/2021\/demo\/p60-273.html#:~:text=Between%202019%20and%202020%2C%20the,poverty%20rate%20of%2017.0%20percent.\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECensus reports\u003C\/a\u003E, which pegged the poverty rate for Hispanics at 17% in 2020, while\u0026nbsp;Dhongde\u0026nbsp;and Dong measured it as higher than 30% with multidimensional poverty indexes. Without them, the Census misses many people living with deprivation.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s41996-021-00093-2\/tables\/5\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETheir findings\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Hispanic deprivation also show a higher degree of inequality in that group than among Black Americans, for example, who make up about 13% of the U.S. population and about 17%\u0026nbsp;to 18% of the people experiencing poverty. As the Hispanic population grows in the U.S., this inequality will also increase,\u0026nbsp;Dhongde\u0026nbsp;said, but information like this can help policymakers decide where to focus efforts, which groups to target with help, and what actions will have the most impact in their communities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;For example, if we compare different racial groups, we see that Black Americans have high deprivation levels in terms of income, and Native Americans and Hispanics\u0026nbsp;without\u0026nbsp;any health insurance,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;Dhongde\u0026nbsp;said. \u0026ldquo;So, it\u0026#39;s giving you much more laser-focused policy solutions, saying that, yes, we know minority groups have large poverty levels, but what are the different deprivations that they are facing?\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe protests during the summer of 2020 \u0026quot;brought to the forefront issues related to economic hardships among different racial\/ethnic groups,\u0026quot; Dong wrote in the study. But looking at the bigger picture of poverty in America by including education, employment opportunities, and access to health care can provide a better understanding of these economic hardships in the search for solutions.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;If you look at these indicators as indicators of well-being or as indicators of your quality of life, it doesn\u0026#39;t matter only for people who are below the poverty threshold, but for the entire society,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;Dhongde\u0026nbsp;said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;Analyzing Racial and Ethnic Differences in the USA through the Lens of Multidimensional Poverty\u0026quot; was published in the J\u003Cem\u003Eournal of Economics, Race and Policy:\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s41996-021-00093-2\u0022\u003Elink.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s41996-021-00093-2\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDhongde\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;work on multidimensional poverty has been featured\u0026nbsp;on \u003Cem\u003ENPR,\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EUS News and World Report, How Stuff Works,\u003C\/em\u003E and many other outlets. Her previous studies focused on multidimensional poverty during the\u0026nbsp;Great\u0026nbsp;Recession,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/research\/features\/multidimensional-poverty-seniors\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eamong senior citizens\u003C\/a\u003E, and during\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/642178\/ivan-allen-college-researcher-shows-many-faced-economic-hardship-covid\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ethe Covid pandemic\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The study by Shatakshee Dhongde, associate professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Economics, and Xiaoyu Dong, a fifth-year Ph.D. student, is the most robust analysis yet of multidimensional poverty in the U.S. "}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2022-01-26 17:55:06","changed_gmt":"2022-01-31 16:54:34","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-01-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"654800":{"id":"654800","type":"image","title":"New Research Paints a More Detailed Picture of Poverty and Race in America","body":null,"created":"1643221036","gmt_created":"2022-01-26 18:17:16","changed":"1643221036","gmt_changed":"2022-01-26 18:17:16","alt":"stock photo of a tent on a sidewalk in Austin, TX","file":{"fid":"248304","name":"Econ 692 x 500 (1384 \u00d7 1000 px) (2).png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Econ%20692%20x%20500%20%281384%20%C3%97%201000%20px%29%20%282%29.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Econ%20692%20x%20500%20%281384%20%C3%97%201000%20px%29%20%282%29.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2216082,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Econ%20692%20x%20500%20%281384%20%C3%97%201000%20px%29%20%282%29.png?itok=rGLYLdIe"}}},"media_ids":["654800"],"groups":[{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edi.minardi@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dminardi3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}