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WASHINGTON — Young Latinos born in the U.S. are less likely to drop out of school and live in poverty than young Latino immigrants, but they have higher exposure to gangs and violence, a research group says.
The survey and analysis of census data by the Pew Hispanic Center being released today found the high school dropout rate among all Latino youths ages 16 to 24 was 17 percent, roughly three times as high as white youths and close to double the rate for black youths. But when broken down by second-generation Latinos born in the U.S., the dropout rate falls to 8.5 percent, roughly the same for youths of all races. The Associated Press
