This issue highlights recent research by Elisa Garcia and her colleagues, who are studying Latino parents’ attitudes and behaviors around their children’s science learning. Compared to reading and math skills, Latino parents were about half as likely to engage their children in science-related learning activities (e.g., exploring the outdoors). Latino parents were also less likely […]

Research has found that the quality of the relationship between parents is important for the healthy development of children and for the general well-being of mothers. Quality includes the extent to which mothers feel that their child’s co-parent can be trusted to take good care of the child or respect their rules. Center investigators Elizabeth […]

Latino boys begin life with a healthy start; for example, most have a healthy birth weight and have been breastfed. They maintain some health advantages into adolescence, including a greater avoidance of risk behaviors like smoking or drinking. At the same time, racial and ethnic disparities in other critical health indicators begin to disadvantage Latino […]

The Great Recession affected millions of American households with children. Hispanic workers were among the hardest hit, along with those with a high-school degree or less. Despite the recession’s negative impact, Hispanic children were no more likely to experience low and unstable income shortly after the Great Recession than they were just prior it. The […]

  In February, Valentine’s Day gets us thinking about love and relationships. Did you know that among low-income adults in the United States, Hispanics areamong the most likely to be married or in a cohabiting relationship? And this is especially true among immigrant Hispanics. Did you also know that Hispanic women, in particular, get married or […]

Many low-income Hispanic families meet the basic eligibility criteria for a range of public assistance programs, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Still, they remain less likely than other groups to use some of these programs. More than 90 percent of Hispanic children in low-income families […]

We’re wrapping up 2017 with the launch of Hispanic Family Facts, a newsletter series that highlights key facts from our research. In this inaugural post, we take a closer look at the 11 million Hispanic children in need. During the holiday season, many communities mobilize to help support the most vulnerable, including families whose income […]