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“The racial gap in age differences in life expectancy has just shrunk remarkably. The life expectancy of an African American child increased two years, and for a white child one year,” Mitchell said.
“So, in just that 12-year run, we increase the life expectancy of African American children by two years and female children by two years. That’s a tremendous gain.”
The survey also contained other questions regarding trends over a span of approximately thirty years. The participants were asked to estimate the percentage of women who hold a college degree, the percentage of people living in poverty, and average worker wages.
“We found something on which all Americans seem to agree: things are getting worse than they really are,” the researchers concluded.
“I think our view is that one driver of conflict and unhappiness across groups or between groups may well be misunderstandings about the current state of things and how much progress has been made– even within the last few decades on very important matters like health, education, and welfare.”
To read the study’s complete findings, which have since been published in Sage Journals, visit the link here.
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