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Our overall observation of the data showed that the chinese, thai, and filipino population all have a pretty equal percentage of homeownership. When it comes to education, all ethnicities have a similar percentage rate of people with a bachelor's degree or higher, with over half of the population or almost half. Researchers may be able to find ways to support that percentage of these populations that stops at a high school diploma and bring up the percentage that goes to college. Perhaps it's the population in poverty that stop at a highschool diploma because of the lack of resources or familial burdens that keep them from pusuing higher education. We should continue to support policies that help these kind of people that may want to keep getting an education.

Mayeli Zaldivar, Abigail Tanjoco

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AAPI Data comparing Education, Income & Poverty between Filipino, Hmong, and U.S. total populations

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Compared to Filipino Americans and the U.S. overall, the data reflects Hmong Americans having lower rates of higher educational attainment and higher rates of poverty (especially among children in poverty given the share of poverty overall). From what we know, the data likely reflects the differences in access to Western education between Filipinos and the Hmong as a result of U.S. colonization (for Filipinos) and how the distribution of the Hmong has inhibited access to public institutions (e.g., schools). Implications of this data emphasize the importance of schools working in collaboration with other institutions to support the development of a more culturally informed curriculum for both educators and students. With a richer understanding of their histories, the education system can better respond to community needs.

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Brooke Weinheimer, Danielle Shariff, and Fallon Saltas 

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We compared Korean, Pacific Islander, and Vietnamese across education, income & poverty, and health insurance. There were extreme discrepancies between the groups that were quite shocking. One we would like to point out is the differences in health insurance of Korean (71.2%), Vietnamese (63.5%), and Pacific Islander (0.1%). This stereotype of painting Asian Americans to be self-sufficient, wealthy, and well-resourced hides the reality that many lack common necessities. Educational researchers can adjust their perspectives and provide more financial, cultural, and social support to Asian Americans.

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Through the research results, we find that the proportion of Asain American and Chinese students with bachelor's degree or above is higher than that of US Total. However, the percentage of Asian Americans and Chinese with a high school degree or less is lower than that of the US Total. Through the data, we found large differences in educational attainment within the Asian American and chinese communities, suggesting that the use of equal educational policies may overlook significant differences within the Asain American group. Second, Chinese seniors and children live in poverty far more than Asian Americans and the national average. To address these issues, governments and communities need to provide targeted support for low-income Asians. Schools can provide additional resources for low-income Asians, such as free lunches and bilingual tutoring. Many Asian students face bilingual challenges, so bilingual tutoring can improve literacy and integration into the educational environment of the school. This approach emphasizes equity, recognizing that different subgroups may need targeted support based on their specific socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. By acknowledging these differences, schools can more effectively address the unique challenges of diverse communities and foster a more inclusive and supportive educational environment.

Yaqi(Anna) Hu, Chenxi(Chole) Zhang

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We compared Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, and the US total. Our findings concluded that Chinese and Asian Americans held bachelors degrees at a significantly higher rate than the US total. When we compared income and poverty Chinese Americans are actually at a higher rate of poverty, especially seniors, than the US total. Asian Americans as a group are at a lower rate of poverty than Chinese Americans and the US total. Policy makers may consider a more equitable approach to answer the educational needs of low-income Chinese Americans. - Luca and Cristian

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Pacific Islander, Fijian, Taiwanese Data

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Pacific Islander, Fijian, Taiwanese Data

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We thought it was interesting that Taiwanese people had a similar poverty rate to Fijians and Pacific Islanders, despite their percentage of higher educational attainment being much higher than the other two. Therefore, poverty level is not clearly reflective of educational attainment. Our key takeaway from this is to regard each individual Asian American group as a unique population. The model minority myth is harmful in perpetuating a stigma that every Asian American group has a high income and level of education. Statistics like these ones create a crystal clear picture that each population has its own factors that play into things like education level and income.

Beatrice White, Kira Montgomery, Kailie Kennedy

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I compared Asian Americans and Chinese people in the United States. An interesting point I found is that California, New York, and Texas are the top three states with the largest populations for both groups. A bachelor's degree or higher is over 50% for both groups, and high school degree or equivalent is over 14%. However, there is a big difference in the share of seniors in poverty: 18.2% for Chinese people and only 1.5% for Asian Americans. I think this may be because Chinese people in the United States face higher economic pressures due to immigration or social factors. In addition, more than 70% of Chinese people have private insurance, while only 4% of Asian Americans do. This reflects the different understanding of insurance among different groups. Chinese people in the United States may be unfamiliar with public medical resources and have chosen private insurance instead.

--Haonan Guo

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Something interesting to us was the chances of having a high school diploma among Asian Americans and Filipinos were pretty slim. However, Filipinos are more likely to have less than a high school degree than both the US and Asian Americans. However, regardless of having a bachelor's or high school degree, the US has a higher poverty rate than both Asian Americans and Filipinos. Considering we are the most "powerful nation" in the world, and the "land of the free", our education status is not precious to our nation as we believed it was. Additionally, those who are experiencing poverty yet have some form of education typically go out to vote (as shown during the turnout of registered voters).

Guadalupe Cortez

Victor Santos

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We compared the Cambodian and Laotian groups to the Asian American group and stacked on the categories for Top States, Education, and Language. We find this data interesting because it illustrates how Southeast Asian groups are often overlooked. This is because East Asian groups like Chinese, Korean, and Japanese tend to be favored by the public eye, possibly due to the Chinese Immigration Laws and anti-Asian sentiments from our history.

In present day, we discussed how in schools, it's more common that if a school offers an Asian language, it's likely Chinese or Japanese. In Irvine, some high schools also provide Korean to cater to the demographic. Smaller populations like Cambodians and Laotian are less likely to be in proximity of high schools that teach Khmer or Lao. As noted in the screenshot, over 2 million people speak Chinese and Vietnamese, and we have less than 300,000 speaking Khmer and Lao.

Similarly, we found it interesting how the majority of the states that have the Cambodian and Laotian people are in the Midwest or Northeast, except for Florida and California which tend to have bigger populations. We were surprised to find them located in sizable populations in other states. We also wonder why the populations get progressively smaller in other states --- is it because they're being segregated there? Are they moving from other states?

Lauren Patag, Ruby Lapeyre, Jocelyn Noyola

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I compared Asian Americans, Vietnamese, and Korean. I compared education, income & poverty, political participation, health insurance, and homeownership. Across the board the three groups are pretty similar. The most stark differences were education, political participation, and home ownership. In education, Vietnamese had a higher percentage of those less than a high school degree (26.1%), higher percentage of with a high school degree or equivalent (24.1%), and a lower percentage of those with a bachelor’s degree or higher (29.6%). With political participation, Vietnamese had a higher percentage of voter turnout (96.4%). And with home ownership, Vietnamese had a higher percentage of home owners (71.9%). It would be interesting for researchers to look into why there is a discrepancy within education amongst Vietnamese, why Vietnamese have such high voter turnout, and why Vietnamese own more homes. - Tristan Ly

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We decided to compare Bengali and Indian Americans to the broader Asian American population, focusing on education levels, income, and homeownership. Our findings showed that Indian Americans have the highest educational attainment (75.4%), the highest homeownership rates (61.6%), and the lowest poverty rates (7.2%).

For educational researchers, it’s important to avoid applying the “model minority myth” to these demographics. While many may be well off, we can’t overlook those who are not. Chinese, Korean, and Japanese Americans, for example, often struggle to receive the funding and support they need because they’re assumed to be financially secure. People are not a monolith, and the assumption of homogeneity is problematic. Asian American communities are incredibly diverse, religiously, culturally, and educationally, each with distinct experiences and needs that should be considered individually. Policy needs to heavily consider that. Marlyn Ramirez, Soma Ali

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In my findings, I compared the data between Chinese and Cambodian. Among both groups, the comparisons I used were education and income & poverty. Based on the data presented I was very surprised to see the drastic data difference in obtainment of higher education alone between both groups. In terms of income & poverty, both groups were close in range until it came to the 'share of children in poverty' sizing up Cambodian children facing poverty at 20.1% compared to Chinese children only facing 12.6%. In terms of policies around school equity, this drastic difference brings into perspective the push of higher education and resources on certain subgroups in comparison to others. This is important to take in as it fluctuates funds and policies pushed among schools and communities based on the majority race.

-Nancy Delgado

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We reviewed the general U.S. population, Asian American and Japanese American's. We saw that the total population of the Japanese American's makeup a low percentage of the Asian American population in general. Japanese American's have a higher degree of education compared to the total U.S. population. For income and poverty, Japanese have a lower share in overall poverty, however Asian American's have the lowest share of children and seniors in poverty. As for health insurance, Japanese American's have a higher amount of health insurance shares compared to Asian American's and the U.S. total. Lastly, Japanese American's have roughly the same percentage of home ownership in comparison with Asian American's and U.S. total in general.

This is important because this data helps highlight the gaps between the different groups within the Asian American community and how they should not be grouped together as a monolith since there are some groups who are more represented in this data because they make up a greater percentage of the population, which skews the data. This creates a stereotype and adds to the model minority myth without considering their actual backgrounds or situations.

Scarlett, Yasley, Jafet

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We compared the population, education levels, income and poverty, and nativity between all Asian Americans, Japanese, and Taiwanese. For population, Japanese Americans had a much larger population (1,542,195) compared to Taiwanese Americans (213,774). We thought that this made sense because Taiwan is such a small country. For education, we were surprised that Taiwanese Americans had about 77.7% who have a bachelor's or higher compared to Japanese who had 51.3% and for all Asian Americans was 53.5%. For income and poverty, Asian Americans 11.5% in poverty overall, while Japanese had 8.2% and Taiwanese had 13.3%. We were surprised to see that Taiwanese Americans had higher poverty rates even though their rate for having a bachelor's degree or higher was 77.7%. This shows that we cannot group all Asian Americans together when taking a look at data because there are big differences between specific ethnicities. Given this data, educational researchers and school policies can adjust their perspectives on school equity by creating a better system where degrees and certifications can transfer from Asian countries to America. Overall, this supports that the model minority is not accurate and school policies need to take that into consideration to provide equitable education.

Patrina Cheng and Erica Mita

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Asian Americans, Us Total, and Pakistani 

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Overall, we found the similarities to be interesting, as a result of their similarities. When looking at the data for income and poverty, the Pakistani community is at a higher rate of facing childhood, adulthood, and senior poverty. To prevent poverty in the future for this mintory group we need to focus more on providing resources and outlets to ensure the cycle of poverty is broken in adulthood. Schooling and attaining higher education are pertinent to ensure the Pakistani community is provided with the networks needed to build generational success.

- Isabella Ramirez and Sonya Kim

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Something that stood out is how the fact that 77% Taiwanese get a bachelor's degree or higher. Even though Taiwanese have a higher percentage on getting a bachelor's or higher education they are 13.3% of share in poverty overall which is similar with Asian American's and the US total. We find it frustrating how even if a great amount of the taiwanese population a handful get higher education but tend to be in poverty.

Bianca Ramirez, Celeste Torres, and Viridiana Sanchez

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Population and Education of Asia America

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Population and Education of Asia America

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More than 50% of Asian Americans have a bachelor's degree or higher. However, this segment of the population (13.2%) has less than a high school level of education, indicating that not all Asian Americans have a high level of education. The Asian American population has grown significantly, increasing by 83.8 percent between 2000 and 2018 and nearly 28.7 percent between 2010 and 2018. This rapid growth highlights the need for the education system x to pay attention to the impact of the growing population and change its strategy.

Some strategies include schools that can offer extra help to AsiAn-American students with lower levels of education. After-school tutoring or free resources can help close the education gap for this group.

-Ruixuan Su, Xiaoni Lou.

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We noticed that Asian Americans had a high turnout in the 2016 election, with nearly 88%. Also notable was that 73% voted democratic vs. republican, although only 41% identified as democratic. We think that this is influenced by age distribution, as half of the population is in the age group of 18-49. We discussed how older generations (boomers & silents) tend to have more conservative views and different perspectives on education as we do today. This combined with them being overrepresented in those who vote means that many oppressive policies today can be perpetuated. This is why we think it matters. Asian Americans tend to have higher rates of higher education as opposed to Americans, almost 22% more. This high value of education may differ from the average, older, American, and as a result can produce a higher priority on refining education policies.

-Liana, Jolin, Miah, Alessandra

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In terms of education, a higher percentage of Asian Americans have a bachelor's degree or higher, than the average US population; more specifically, more than half of Asian Americans are represented by Chinese Americans.

This data is misleading because it appears that Asian Americans typically are more highly educated than the general population. However, when we look at the poverty rate for Chinese children in comparison to the total US population, we see that Chinese American children are almost 3 times more likely to experience poverty in the US. This emphasizes the importance of addressing the educational and socioeconomic needs of Asian American children within the school system in order to facilitate equal educational opportunities.

We can suggest a more open approach to research and equitable support for Asian American students. Often times, Asian American students who are struggling receive less support than their peers due to the "model minority myth". This is harmful to their educational success and by eliminating this stereotype, Asian American students are able to receive the proper attention and support needed to be successful.

David Basa and Sophie Lopez

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I compared Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese. I wanted to see what was the difference in the amount of people with Health Insurance. I know that it can be very difficult to attain health insurance in the US. I learned that there is a big gap between Thai/Vietnamese and Japanese. Japanese people have a higher percentage in "share with private health insurance". Why does this matter in regards to school equity? Health insurance matters because with it students will always get the help and assistance they need when injured, sick, or in pain. Without this help, it could affect how they do in school.

Lesly Monteon & Evelin Gomez