The report has some suggestions as to the gender gap: Young Hispanic males are far more likely to have full-time jobs than Hispanic females. Some are in prisons. Some are in the military.
But a co-author of the UCLA report says that gap hasn’t been studied enough.
“There is little research that explains why these gender gaps are growing among Latino students and even less about what this gap could portend in light of the fast-growing nature of this population,” stated Dr. Victor B. Sáenz, an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Texas at Austin, in a news release. “Bottom line, these results help identify a problem that represents an area in dire need of more research.”
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