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The increasing educational attainment of American women in general is documented in this section, as are the troubling gaps between the educational “haves” and the “have-nots.” “Gulf” might be a better word to characterize the educational difference between the typical Asian/Pacific Islander woman and the typical woman of Hispanic origin: nearly 41 percent of Asian/Pacific Islander women in the United States are college graduates, about four times the comparable percentage of Hispanic women. (Among women age 25–34, the multiple is five.)
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Costello, C.B., Wight, V.R., Stone, A.J. (2002). Education. In: Costello, C.B., Wight, V.R., Stone, A.J. (eds) The American Woman 2003–2004. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-11600-0_10
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