Appendix Table A8.
Decompositions of Differences in Affluence, by Race and Year, Using the Minority Group as the Reference Group
| Black | Asian | American Indian | Hispanic | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 1979 | 2015 | 1959 | 1979 | 2015 | 1959 | 1979 | 2015 | 1959 | 1979 | 2015 | |
| Whites % affluent | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.34 |
| Minority group % affluent | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.13 |
| Difference | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.21 |
| Total % explained | 20% | 58% | 55% | NA | NA | −6% | 46% | 42% | 63% | 54% | 58% | 77% |
| % explained by each | ||||||||||||
| Age | −4% | −8% | −4% | NA | NA | 13% | −17% | −5% | −6% | −9% | −7% | 3% |
| Male | 0% | 0% | 0% | NA | NA | −1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Education | 16% | 28% | 23% | NA | NA | 266% | 33% | 16% | 29% | 39% | 30% | 42% |
| Family structure | 1% | 11% | 22% | NA | NA | 41% | −1% | −2% | 13% | −3% | −3% | 4% |
| Foreign born | 0% | 0% | 1% | NA | NA | −307% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 2% | 4% | 14% |
| Family size | 4% | 23% | 9% | NA | NA | −125% | 22% | 32% | 15% | 25% | 31% | 16% |
| # of children | 0% | 0% | 0% | NA | NA | −3% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| In metro area | 1% | 0% | −1% | NA | NA | −3% | 8% | 3% | 11% | −1% | −1% | −1% |
| Region | 2% | 4% | 4% | NA | NA | 58% | 1% | -3% | 1% | 0% | 4% | 1% |
NA: Not Applicable-- the differences in affluence are too small to be meaningfully explained.