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@americanourstory.bsky.social#Cambodian American women have serious difficulties, since 66 % of them have sixth grade educations or less and 95 % have completed less than 12 years of schooling
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Cambodian American young people often do quite well in school and show themselves dedicated to acquiring more education
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Cambodian Americans are members of one of the youngest ethnic groups in American society
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Cambodian Americans are, for the most part, a poor group. According to the 1990 U.S. Census, 42 % of the families of #Cambodian ethnicity were living below the poverty level and 51 % of all #Cambodian households rely on public assistance income
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Cambodian Americans have a high rate of unemployment: About ten % of those in the labor force in 1990 were unemployed
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Cambodian Americans won the sympathy of many Americans in 1979 and in the early 1980s, when the plight of #Cambodian refugees in #Thailand became world news
@americanourstory.bsky.social#Cambodian Americans live in larger families than other Americans. The average number of people in their families was 5.03, compared to an average of 3.06 in white American families and 3.48 in black American families
@equalisource.bsky.socialChristianity has seemed attractive to #Cambodian Americans because it is the religion of the majority of Americans, and conversion has seemed a good way to conform to American society.