Poverty of Hispanic Women in the United States: A Detailed Analysis

This report analyzes the poverty experienced by Hispanic women in the United States. It explores the factors contributing to this poverty, including educational and occupational disparities, as well as the wage gap. The report highlights the impact of poverty on Hispanic women, including health issues, and their employment in specific industries. It also addresses the lack of private retirement benefits and the societal implications of their economic situation. The study references data from the Census Bureau and other sources to support its findings and provides an overview of the challenges faced by Hispanic women in the US.

Poverty of Hispanic women in
United States
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Poverty of the Hispanic women
 Hispanic women in United States
have got the 24 % poverty rate
that have deteriorated their
condition in the society
 Wage gap prevails owing to
structural differences for the
Hispanic women that has a
detrimental effect on the women

Factors that have an influence
on Hispanic women
 There exist various kinds of
factors like the religion,
education and occupation that
gives rise to the poverty that are
faced by the Hispanic women
within the framework of the
United States

Causes that give rise to poverty
among the Hispanic women
 Intersectional structural barriers
creates the way for reduced
wages among Hispanic women
 They do not get the educational
opportunities that makes them
vulnerable in the society

Causes for wage gap of Hispanic
women
 The workplace segregation and
the discrimination gives rise to
the wage gap for the Hispanic
women

Effect of the poverty on the Hispanic women
 The Hispanic women in phase of early adulthood have to face the
problem of the ailments along with the disorders
 They are employed in agricultural jobs within the framework of
industrial farms and that of meat processing plants
 Hispanic women are deprived of private retirement benefits that
deteriorates their condition of the life
 The social systems that are perpetrated on Hispanic women
makes them feel inferior in the society

References
Census.gov. (2020). Hispanic Poverty Rate Hit an All-Time Low in
2017. Retrieved 19 February 2020, from https://
www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/02/hispanic-poverty-rate-hit-an
-all-time-low-in-2017.html
Equitablegrowth.org. (2020). The intersectional wage gaps faced by
Latina women in the United States - Equitable Growth.
Retrieved 19 February 2020, from https://
equitablegrowth.org/the-intersectional-wage-gaps-faced-by-latina
-women-in-the-united-states/
Semega, J. L., Fontenot, K. R., & Kollar, M. A. (2017). Income and
poverty in the United States: 2016. Current Population
Reports, (P60-259).

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