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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Forces. 2008 Mar;86(3):1217–1244. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0008

Table 3. Racial Differences in Employment For Married Women.

Mothers with Children Under Twelve

Proportion Employed Proportion Working Full-Time, Full-Year N



Proportion Difference from Whites Proportion Difference from Whites
White Only .75 .00 .35 .00 13,119
Chinese .75 .01 .39 .04 1,070
Asian Indian .64 -.10 .32 -.03 206
Korean .73 -.02 .36 .01 163
Japanese .79 .05 .46 .11 1,370
Cuban .76 .02 .42 .07 1,031
Other, multi-eth Asian .78 .03 .45 .10 294
Asian-white .76 .01 .38 .03 1,058
Black-Asian .76 .02 .46 .11 67
Filipino .79 .04 .49 .14 909
Other .73 -.02 .37 .02 4,181
Vietnamese Only .57 -.18 .30 -.05 52
Black-white .77 .03 .37 .02 469
Native Am.-white .71 -.03 .32 -.03 3,308
Other Hispanic .73 -.02 .36 .01 10,915
Puerto Rican .70 -.05 .36 .01 8,872
Mexican .73 -.02 .37 .02 26,845
Black .83 .08 .49 .15 11,265
Native American .73 -.02 .35 .00 7,006