A National Portrait of the Health and Education of Hispanic Boys and Young Men

Author

Natasha Cabrera

Lina Guzman

Kimberly Turner

Jenessa L. Malin

P. Mae Cooper

This brief provides a national portrait on the well-being of Latino boys and young men and focuses on two important dimensions of well-being—health and education. We compare the wellbeing of Hispanic boys and young men to that of their white and black peers and also, when data permit, within the same income groups. It illuminates a few key ways that the experiences of Hispanic boys and young adults differ from those of their black and white peers.

The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (Center) is supported by grant #90PH0028 from the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Center is led by Child Trends, in partnership with Duke University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and University of Maryland, College Park. The contents of this website are solely the responsibility of the Center and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.