Abreu’s research agenda focuses on conducting scientific inquiry on economic equity for Hispanic women to provide evidence to shape policies that close inequality gaps and improve their economic well-being.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION
by
Lillian Anne Abreu
Florida International University, 2021
Miami, Florida
This investigation contributed to the literature by advancing scientific inquiry and addressing the gap in the literature related to social and economic mobility among Hispanic female householders living in the United States.
The study achieved its proposed aims by conducting secondary data analysis of the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series – Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement dataset (Flood, Kind, Rodgers, Ruggles, & Warren, 2020).
Repeated cross-sectional design to make inferences at the aggregate population level and conceptually frame analysis of a nationally representative sample of Hispanic female householders’ a decade after the Great Recession by analyzing ten years of data from 2009-2019.
All interpretations and inferences of results are based on an aggregated view of the target population. Findings were tested at a minimum of the .05 level of significance and 95% confidence intervals.
Total sample for analysis includes (N= 58,135,354) participants, (N=33,323,878) Native-born, and Foreign-born (N=24,811,476).
The framework for analysis includes descriptive analysis, univariate analysis of sociodemographic predictor variables, bivariate regression analysis, multivariate linear regression analysis, and moderation analysis to determine the impact of sociodemographic predictors (i.e., educational attainment, labor attachment, and geographic region of residence) and moderating variables (i.e., presence of children and presence of disability) on total pre-tax personal income (i.e., income attainment), the outcome variable.
Key Findings
- Bivariate regression analysis of education and labor correlates on the total pre-tax income revealed significant (P<0.001) income differences among the cohorts of female householders, showing a mean total pre-tax annual income for the Native-born cohort of $27,902 and $20,937 for the Foreign-born cohort.
- Multivariate linear regression analysis significantly (P<0.001) revealed that for the Native-Born cohort, higher educational achievement across all academic levels and slightly higher attachment to the labor market than the Foreign-Born cohort.
- Findings also significantly suggest (P<0.001) that participants in the West region obtained a high school degree and were employed, having the highest prevalence rates and a positive relationship with income attainment.
- Findings for the two-way moderation analysis also significantly suggest (P<0.001) high moderation interactions for householders with a bachelor’s degree who reported disability and householders who were unemployed and reported a disability.
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Recommended Citation
Abreu, Lillian A., “Income Attainment and Hispanic Female Householders: Examining Educational Attainment, Labor Attachment, and Geographic Region” (2021). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 4611.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4611/
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FIDC010104
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