چکیده:
Poverty is a widespread problem not only inflicting poor nations, but
also nations like theUnited States of America. In the history of the United States,
women and racial minorities had always been persistently struggling with poverty.
This paper intends to investigate poverty among Hispanic women between 2005
and 2010 and identify and analyze the relevant contributing factors. Within this
period, the financial crisis of 2007 occurred, and thus, it is essential to investigate
its impact on poverty among Hispanic women. Hispanic women have always had
the lowest amount of earning compared to Hispanic men and also women and men
of other racial and ethnic groups. Therefore, this paper investigates the reasons
for the lowest amount of earning among Hispanic women. Through the use of
individual theory of poverty and structural theory of poverty, this paper argues that
Hispanic women are poor because of both structural factors and individual factors.
Finally, the paper usesa documentary method to gather data.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"Moreover, it is hypothesized that Hispanic women are responsible for their high rate of poverty and they do not resist the pre- estab- lished traditional gendered roles which lead to high fertility and early marriage.
Moreover, it is hypothesized that the high rate of fertility and early marriage among Hispanic women,causing lower earnings among them, are due to structures;structures have not properly managed Hispanics’ economic well-being.
It can be explained through structural theory of poverty that structural factors have been responsible because structures have not provided Hispanic women the opportunities to work in jobs which can boost their work experience so that their low median age has a smaller effect on their overall economic well-being.
Since it was shown earlier that the low level of education of Hispanic women was related to structural factors, high non-marital childbearing is also rooted in the structural theory of poverty.
Despite the fact thata large portion of the high rate of poverty among Hispanic women is because of their individual and cultural characteristics (lower median age, early marriage, high fertility and so on), government policies and structural factors are also responsible for the low economic status of Hispanic women.
Structural institutions and governments are responsible for their low level of educationthat leads to their extreme rate of poverty; because of the small amounts of educational aids available, Hispanic women are unable to complete their higher education studies."