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Asian children have the best family circumstances, with a median income of nearly 80,000.

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Asian children have the best family circumstances, with a median income of nearly 80,000. The latest research shows that second-generation children of immigrants, 90% of whom are legal citizens, tend to be younger than native-born American children...

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Asian children have the best families, with a median income of nearly 80,000. The latest research shows that second-generation children of immigrants, 90% of whom are legal citizens, tend to live better than native-American children. Their parents have more stable jobs, are healthier at birth, have lower mortality rates, and are better educated as teenagers. One in four children in this country has an immigrant parent, according to a study by the New York-based Child Development Foundation, so there is a growing body of research focusing on how these children compare to their peers from non-immigrant families. The authors of the report said that these immigrant families did not receive adequate education and medical support from society when they came to the United States, but they still worked hard to carve a way for their children. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the report pointed out that the median income of third-generation Asian children whose parents were born in the United States is nearly 80,000 yuan, the highest among all immigrant families. Among them, African-American families have the lowest income, only 29,977 yuan. The report pointed out that the English reading ability of fourth-grade elementary school students is also better than that of other African-American and Hispanic students. As many as 84% ​​of African-American children whose primary language at home is not English have poor reading skills, but 83% of African-American children whose families speak English are also poor in reading. The lowest rate is among Asians, where only 51% of Asian children have insufficient reading skills, regardless of whether English is spoken at home. However, in terms of pre-school education and access to health insurance, African-American, white, Hispanic and Asian immigrant children are worse off. The report points out that by 2018, less than half of the children in the United States will be white, and 90% of the children in immigrant families will be U.S. citizens, so these minority children will become an important part of the future of the United States.

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