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http://www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2012-06-19-Asian-American-poll_ST_U.htm?loc=interstitialskip

[b]Positive stereotypes about Asian Americans are rooted in reality: They are more educated and wealthier, and they value work, marriage and family more than Americans as a whole, according to a Pew Research Center report out today.[/b]

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The study, which includes a survey of 3,511 Asians, shows that more than 60% of recent Asian immigrants have at least a college degree. Many work in high-paying fields such as science, engineering, medicine and finance.
"These are not the tired, poor huddled masses of that inscription on the Statue of Liberty," says Paul Taylor, executive vice president of the research center. "Recent Asian arrivals are the most highly educated … immigrants in U.S. history."
The USA's 18.2 million Asians are the fastest-growing racial group and have surpassed Hispanics as the largest group of new immigrants. They make up 6% of the population.
The survey says Asian Americans are more satisfied with their lives, personal finances and the general direction of the country than Americans as a whole.
The telephone survey includes large enough samples of the six largest U.S. Asian groups (Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese) to pinpoint differences among them.
Indians have the highest share of the college-educated and the highest median household income ($88,000) among the largest Asian-American groups. Asians as a whole have a median household income of $66,000 (half make more, half less), compared with the U.S. median of $49,800.
Not all Asian groups are prosperous. Koreans, Chinese and Vietnamese, many of whom came to the USA as refugees, have a higher poverty rate than Americans in general.
All groups value marriage, family and hard work more than the U.S. population as a whole. "If that's a stereotype that people have assigned to this group, believe me, that's a stereotype this group has embraced," Taylor says.
"Asians have a much more positive attitude toward government" than the country as a whole, says Neera Tanden, an Indian American who is president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal-leaning think tank. "That may be in part because many Asians come from countries where government does not work nearly as properly or on behalf of the people.
"The best and the brightest in the world are coming to the United States," Tanden says. "The report is a testament to the promise of America."

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