| Title: | United States survey percentages of Americans regarding ownership of financial instruments by race/ethnicity in 2011 |
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| Source: | Research Alert |
| Date: | Mar 2011 |
| Price: | $20.00 |
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OWNERSHIP OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, BY RACE/ETHNICITY, 2011
Blacks Hispanics Whites
Have checking or XX% XX% XX% savings account Have IRA, XXXk, XX% XX% XX% or other retirement account Own stocks, bonds, XX% XX% XX% or mutual funds
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard
University
Note: Table made from bar graph.
Full article
Blacks are more likely than either Hispanics or Non-Hispanic Whites to be optimistic about their personal finances, finds a study by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University. Fewer Blacks (XX%) than Whites (XX%) or Hispanics (XX%) say the current economy is a source of stress for them.
Blacks (XX%) are also more likely than Hispanics (XX%) or Whites (XX%) to say they feel hopeful about their own finances. Six in XX Blacks (XX%) expect their families' finances to improve in the next year, compared with XX% of Hispanics and XX% of Whites.
Blacks are least likely to have felt the need to cut back on entertainment, vacation travel, or dining out in order to save money, and most likely to have loaned money to others. Hispanics (XX%) are almost twice as likely as Blacks (XX%) and somewhat more likely than Whites (XX%) to say they've taken on more credit card debt in the past three years.
More Blacks than Hispanics or Whites have moved or otherwise changed their living situations to save money.
Hispanics are least likely to feel financially secure--XX% feel very (XX%) or somewhat (XX%) secure, compared to XX% of Blacks (XX% very and XX% somewhat) and XX% of Whites (XX% very and XX% somewhat). Hispanics (XX%) are much more likely than Blacks (XX%) or Whites (XX%) to feel that they're falling behind financially.
Hispanics (XX%) are more likely than either Blacks (XX%) or Whites (XX%) to say that they or a family member have been laid off in the past year.
Blacks and Hispanics are less likely than Non-Hispanic Whites to own investments such as stocks or mutual funds, or to hold retirement accounts such as XXXks or IRAs. [FINANCE, EMERGING MAJORITIES]
STEPS TAKEN TO SAVE MONEY IN PAST THREE YEARS,
BY RACE/ETHNICITY, 2011
Black Hispanic White
Cut back on dining XX% XX% XX% out, entertainment, or vacation travel Minimized use of XX% XX% XX% heat/other utilities Cut back on XX% XX% XX% donations to charity Changed living XX% XX% XX% situation/housing Postponed medical XX% XX% XX% or dental care Postponed or canceled XX% XX% XX% retirement plans
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University
Note: Table made from bar graph.
OWNERSHIP OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, BY RACE/ETHNICITY, 2011
Blacks Hispanics Whites
Have checking or XX% XX% XX% savings account Have IRA, XXXk, XX% XX% XX% or other retirement account Own stocks, bonds, XX% XX% XX% or mutual funds
SOURCE: The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard
University
Note: Table made from bar graph.
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT STATUS, BY RACE/ETHNICITY, 2011
Blacks Hispanics Whites
Employed full-time XX% XX% XX% Employed part-time XX% XX% XX% Unemployed XX% XX% X% Retired XX% X% XX% On disability X% X% X% Student X% XX% X% Homemaker or X% XX% X% stay-at-home parent
SOURCE: The Washington PostlKaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University
Note: Table made from bar graph.
SOURCE: "Race and Recession Survey, February 2011," The Washington
Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University, Kaiser Family
Foundation, Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., SVP for Executive Operations
and Director, Public Opinion & Survey Research, XXXX Sand Hill Rd.,
Menlo Park, CA XXXXX; XXX-XXXXXXX; mbrodie@kff.org; www.kff.org.
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