A spin-off from that one thread about Hispanics and college graduates

Applying to College
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<p>Are Hispanic women less populous in college than white women because of . . . . . . . .abortion?</p>

<p>It may seem absurd at first, but in my experience, Hispanic women tend to (if they become pregnant in HS) keep the child because of cultural/moral values.</p>

<p>And (obviously not all, but most) in my experience, white women tend to (if they become pregnant in HS), because of cultural values (i.e. I can't give up my career!-- that's my life!) abort their children when they become pregnant as to not jeopardize their futures.</p>

<p>Could this have any effect on the reason why there are less Hispanics in college, or am I just blowin' everything out of proportion?</p>

<p>I am not biased in any way-- just my experience.</p>

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<p>Are there any stats that prove that white women are more likely to abort a child?</p>

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<p>Actually, thanks for that question. I wouldn't have known, but there are statistics of # of abortionts : race. </p>

<p>Anyway, this is what I found.</p>

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<p>For white and black statistics: </p>

<p><a href="http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/race.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/race.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For Hispanic statistics:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/hispanic.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/hispanic.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Obviously there are differences in population in the US, but even with the use of the ratio between # of white women and # of Hispanic women, the number is substantially larger.</p>

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<p>I think it's common knowledge that Hispanics have a greater sense of family in our culture. </p>

<p>And I think it's a possible cause, but not the only one.</p>

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<p>The description 'Hispanics' includes "white" persons. So where's this thread going?</p>

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<p>The description "Hispanics" does not include "White" persons. There is first a comparison of "Whites" and "Blacks" and then, all by itself in a little chart linked by a different URL, is "Hispanics". </p>

<p>If "Hispanics" included, "Whites", the total under "Hispanics" would exceed 420,000 people-- and it doesn't.</p>

<p>I don't understand what you're talking about.</p>

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<p>Yes, it seems very possible that differing cultural values has caused a big difference in Caucasian and "Hispanic" (a term being changed around by many in the thread) college matriculation. However, it's not necessarily abortion as it may be one would more like a professional degree while the other is (because of family values, etc.) more likely to settle down, start a family, get a job, etc.</p>