![]() Hispanics are much more likely than whites to work in agriculture, construction, domestic and food services, and other low-wage occupations. In 1999, for example, 23 percent of Hispanics lived in poverty, compared with 8 percent of non-Hispanic whites, and 56 percent of Hispanic adults age 25 or older had a high school diploma, compared with 88 percent of non-Hispanic white adults. The low average socioeconomic status of Hispanics, compared with non-Hispanic whites, is reflected in their family income, educational attainment, occupational characteristics, and asset accumulation. ![]() Some of these barriers result from their low socioeconomic status others are due to several specific features of the Hispanic population. Hispanics also face a variety of barriers to receiving health care services of high quality. As discussed in other chapters of this report, on average the socioeconomic status of Hispanics in the United States is considerably lower than that of non-Hispanic whites. The health of a population is influenced by both its social and its economic circumstances and the health care services it receives.
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