Library Index :: Family and Social Issues of the United States :: Index - A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I

Index - B

Bachelor's degrees, 139

Bakke, Regents of the University of California v., 139-140

Ballots, 159-160

Batista, Fulgencio, 7

Bay Mills Community College, 142

Bernstein, Nina, 79

BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
     education and, 130-131
     unemployment and, 49

Binge drinking, 97-98

Birth rates
     among minorities, 92-93
     fertility rates/birth rates by age of mother, 1970-2000, by age/race of mother, 1980-2000, 22t-23t
     live births, birth rates, fertility rates by Hispanic origin of mother, race for mothers of non-Hispanic origin, 1989-2000, 7t
     teenage pregnancy, 34
     for teenagers 15-19
     years by age, race and Hispanic origin of mother, 1991, 1999, 2000, 35t

Birth weight
     American Indians and Alaska Natives, 111
     Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, 113
     low, 93-94
     low-birthweight live births, according to mother's detailed race, Hispanic origin, smoking status: selected years 1970-2001, 94t

Births
     fertility rate, 92-93
     infant mortality rates, according to detailed race, Hispanic origin of mother, selected years 1983-2001, 95t
     low-birthweight live births, according to mother's detailed race, Hispanic origin, smoking status: selected years 1970-2001, 94t
     prenatal care, first trimester, by race, Hispanic origin of mother, 1980, 1985, 1989, and 1990-2001, 93 (t 6.2)
     prenatal care for live births, according to detailed race/Hispanic origin of mother: selected years 1970-2001, 127t

BJS (Bureau of Justice Statistics), 151

Black/African Americans
     affirmative action and, 141
     AIDS and, 99-100
     AIDS cases, female adult/adolescent, by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 113t
     AIDS cases, male adult/adolescent, by exposure category, race/ethnicity, reported through December 2001, 112t
     AIDS cases, pediatric, by exposure category, race/ethnicity reported through December 2001, 111t
     bachelor's degrees earned by, 139
     businesses, African-American-owned, 63-64, 66-67
     businesses, average receipts per firm by industry division for, compared to all firms, 1997, 67 (f4.4)
     businesses, percent distribution of, by industry division, 1997, 66f
     businesses, ten cities with largest number of, compared to black-owned firms in state, 1997, 66 (t 4.7)
     businesses, top industry receipt leaders, 1997, 66 (t 4.6)
     charter school students, 143
     cigarette smoking, 96
     classification of, 1
     college attendance of, 138-139
     crime by, 148-149
     death rates, age-adjusted, for selected causes of death, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin: selected years 1950-2001, 115t
     death rates for homicide, according to sex, race, Hispanic origin, age: selected years 1950-2001, 124t-125t
      deaths, death rates by age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, final 2000/preliminary 2001, 120t
     demographic characteristics, 14
     drug abuse, 97-98
     education and, 129
     electoral districts and race/ethnicity, 161
     employed persons by occupation, race, sex, 54t-60t
     employment status of civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 2001-02, 49t-50t
     employment status of civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin, 2002-03, 45t
     family structure of, 34-35
     in gangs, 152
     hate crimes and, 152-153
     health care for, 95
     health of, 91, 100-106
     home ownership, 38
     homicide type by race, 1976-2000, 147 (t 8.3)
     homicide victimization rates per 100,000 population by age, race, gender, 1976-2000, 146 (t 8.2)
     homicides by race of offender/victim, 1976-2000, 148 (f8.2)
     income of, 73-75
     labor force participation, 43, 44-46, 49
     life expectancy at birth, at 65
     years of age, and 75
     years of age, according to race and sex, selected years 1900-2001, 118t
     living arrangements of children, 36-37
     marital status of, 27-30, 32-33
     marital status of people 15 years and over, by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, March 2000, 30t
     Middle Eastern discrimination and, 165
     occupations of, 53, 62, 63
     political participation of, 160
     pregnancy/birth, 91-94
     presidential election of 2000 and, 159-160
     prisoners under sentence of death, demographic characteristics of, 2002, 151t
     in prisons/jails, 149-151
     prisons/jails, number of inmates in state or federal prisons and local jails, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, June 30, 2002, 149 (t 8.5)
     prisons/jails, number of inmates in state or federal prisons and local jails per 100,000 residents, by gender, race, Hispanic origin, age, June 30, 2002, 149 (t 8.6)
     prisons/jails, persons under sentence of death, by race, 1968-2002, 152f
     projections of resident population by race, Hispanic origin, nativity, 2006-10, 3t
     projections of resident population by race, Hispanic origin, nativity, middle series, 2050-2070, 4t
     property crime victimization, 147(t 8.4)
     public opinion on African-American/White relations, 165
     public opinion on criminal justice system's respect for civil rights, June 2002, 166t
     public opinion on discrimination, 163-165
     public opinion on equal educational opportunity in local communities, 1962-2001, 164 (f10.3)
     public opinion on equal housing opportunity in local communities, 1989-2001, 166f
     public opinion on life satisfaction of minority groups, 163, 163f
     public opinion on quality of life for Hispanics, July 2003, 164 (f10.2)
     SAT/ACT scores of, 137-138
     school desegregation and, 142-143
     student dropout rates, 135-136
     teenage pregnancy statistics, 34
     tuberculosis cases, case rates per 100,000 population by race/ethnicity, 1992-2002, 128t
     unemployment, 47-48
     victimization of, 145
     voter registration, 155
     voter turnout, 156, 158

Blumstein, Alfred, 151

Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas,

Brown v., 142

Bracero Program, 44

Breast cancer
     American Indians and Alaska Natives and, 111-112
     Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and, 113-114
     Black/African Americans and, 101
     Hispanic Americans and, 107

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 142

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) education and, 130-131
     unemployment and, 49
     Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 151

Burglary, 145

Bush, George W.
     Black/African American votes for, 160
     Executive Order 13270, 142
     guest-worker program proposed by, 44
     minority home ownership and, 41
     No Child Left Behind act, 143-144
     presidential election of 2000, 159-160

Bush, Jeb, 161

Business
     American Indian and Alaska Native businesses, 65-66
     American Indian- and Alaska Native- owned firms, average receipts per firm by industry division, compared to all firms, 1997, 70 (f4.10)
     American Indian- and Alaska Native- owned firms, five cities with largest number of, compared to American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms in state, 1997, 71t
     American Indian- and Alaska Native- owned firms, percent distribution of, by industry division, 1997, 70 (f4.9)
     American Indian- and Alaska Native- owned firms, top industry receipt leaders for, 1997, 69 (t 4.12)
     Asian-American businesses, 65
     Asian- and Pacific Islander-owned firms, average receipts per firm by industry division, compared to all firms, 1997, 69f
     Asian- and Pacific Islander-owned firms by industry division, 1997, 68f
     Asian- and Pacific Islander-owned firms, ten cities with largest number of, compared to Asian- and Pacific- Islander firms in state, 1997, 69 (t 4.11)
     Asian- and Pacific Islander-owned firms, top industry receipt leaders, 1997, 68 (t 4.10)
     Black/African American-owned businesses, 63-64
     Black-owned firms, average receipts per firm by industry division for, compared to all firms, 1997, 67 (f4.4)
     Black-owned firms, percent distribution of, by industry division, 1997, 66f
     Black-owned firms, ten cities with largest number of, compared to black-owned firms in state, 199, 66 (t 4.7)
     Black-owned firms, top industry receipt leaders, 1997, 66 (t 4.6)
     casinos, Native American, 70-72
     Hispanic-owned businesses, 64-65
     Hispanic-owned firms, average receipts per firm by industry division, compared to all firms, 1997, 67 (f4.6)
     Hispanic-owned firms by industry division, percent distribution of, 1997, 67 (f4.5)
     Hispanic-owned firms, ten cities with largest number of, compared to Hispanic-owned firms in state, 1997, 68 (t 4.9)
     Hispanic-owned firms, top industry receipt leaders for, 1997, 67 (t 4.8)
     minority "set-asides", 67-70
     women-owned businesses, 66-67

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