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NYC’s first-of-its-kind report on Asian New Yorkers shows surprising results

Despite being among NYC’s fastest-growing populations, Asian New Yorkers remain understudied and misrepresented. As such NYC sought to disaggregate…

High use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) by Asian Americans

Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled on February 16th that frozen embryos can be considered children and protected under the state’s…

After years of decline, Texas Asian and teen fertility rates rise after abortion ban

A new study by the University of Houston of 2022 fertility data from the Centers for Disease Control and…

How to set boundaries when you’ve never been taught how

As a daughter of Indian immigrants, and as a licensed therapist, I understand how complex setting boundaries can be…

Fear of competition? Research shows that when Asian students move in, White families move out

In wealthy, educated communities, evidence emerges of a new form of “white flight.” A recent study of wealthy California…

Wealth of Asian families broken out for the first time in Fed’s Survey of Consumer Finances

The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a tri-annual survey sponsored by the Federal Reserve Board and conducted by…

AG report finds Asian, Black, and Latino New Yorkers are less likely to own a home and face higher barriers to financing

New York State’s Office of the Attorney General released on October 31, 2023, a new report detailing deep racial…

Religion among Asians in America – a diverse landscape with concentrations by ethnicity

While there is a greater diversity of religions practiced by Asians in America, there also exists religious concentrations when…

From Chinatowns to ethnoburbs and beyond, where Chinese people settle reflects changing wealth levels and political climates

We are researchers who study international migration. The origins, demographics and settlement patterns of the approximately 60 million people…

Newly released detailed census data makes visible 19 additional Asian groups

Asian Americans grew to over 24.0 million in 2020. Newly released detailed census data show Asian Indians (4.4 million)…

America’s Muslim youth unfairly shouldering the collective guilt of 9/11

Muslim American youth find themselves navigating a predominantly White, mainstream culture, contending with feelings of marginalization and stigmatization. Their…

Overweight for Asian Americans begin at a BMI of 23 vs. 25 for most Americans

Did you know that there is a separate Body Mass Index (BMI) for Asian Americans? While not perfect, BMI…

How TV shows have grappled with a post-Dobbs America

Television has long misrepresented the demographics of abortion patients, choosing to tell the stories of characters who are whiter…

Most super rich couples have breadwinning husbands and stay-at-home wives, contrasting sharply with everyone else

Men are the sole breadwinners in over half of super rich heterosexual couples – defined as those in the…

I asked ChatGPT to write about the breakdown of mixed Asians

I asked ChatGPT to write about the breakdown of the mixed Asians in the U.S. and sadly, it answered…

Asian Americans lag in owning homes

Asian Americans lag behind in homeownership and face discrimination in the mortgage market. This reality busts the Model Minority…

Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of White kids are widely taken to be universal

White teens and teens of color do not have identical online experiences. Asian American teens often face racism and…

U.S. immigration policy and high Asian incomes

Thanks to selective U.S. Immigration policy that prefers highly skilled, highly educated applicants, Asian Americans have the highest median…

Asian women have higher marriage rates and much lower divorce

We hear the statistic that half of all marriages end up in divorce, but is that true for Asian…

Harvard Better Living Guide

The experts at Harvard T.H. Chan’s School of Public Health’s latest guide to healthy living. This comprehensive guide on…

A view in focus: Asian Americans in the COVID-19 and Anti-Asian racism syndemic

With COVID-19, Asian Americans are both the “yellow peril” who brought the virus to the United States and the…

Baby crying? Researchers say to do this

Researchers say they have cracked the code on how to soothe fussy infants back to sleep. The winning process is the “5-Minute Carrying, 5-to-8-Minute Sitting.”

Katiya Xiong, DIA – A whole new world

I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand where children learned to mature early on by mind over…