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According to current stats, the average women's earnings as a percent of men's earnings is highest in the grouping of:

a.		Caucasian or white ethnicity
b.		African American ethnicity
c.		Asian ethnicity
d.		Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Answer 1

Women of all major racial and ethnic groups earn less than men of the same group, and also earn less than White men. Hispanic workers have lower median weekly earnings than White, Black, and Asian workers. Hispanic women’s median weekly earnings in 2017 were $603 per week of full-time work, only 62.2 percent of White men’s median weekly earnings, but 87.4 percent of the median weekly earnings of Hispanic men (because Hispanic men also have low earnings). The median weekly earnings of Black women were $657, only 67.7 percent of White men’s earnings, but 92.5 percent of Black men’s median weekly earnings . Primarily because of higher rates of educational attainment for both genders, Asian workers have higher median weekly earnings than White, Black or Hispanic workers (the highest of any group ). Asian women’s earnings are 93.0 percent of White men’s earnings, but only 74.8 percent of Asian men’s earnings. White women earn 81.9 percent of what White men earn, very close to the ratio for all women to all men, because White workers remain the largest group in the labor force.

Source : Institute for women’s policy research

Based on above data , the average women’s earning as percentage of men’s earning is highest in the grouping of BLACK i.e “ b. African American Ethnicity”

ANSWER : b_) AFRICAN AMERICAN ETHNICITY