Use of Predatory Lending Products in the Houston Area
About 1 in 5 Houston-area residents used a predatory lending product in the past year, often to cover basic needs.
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FAMILY AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
The Houston Population Research Center collects and disseminates data to understand social and demographic change in Houston, Texas — the nation’s fourth-largest city and one of its most diverse.
The center provides analytic and methodological support to the Kinder Institute's other research activities to identify solutions to the city’s most pressing problems around housing, health, education, and economic mobility.
Additionally, the population center facilitates the collection and sharing of data to support other research efforts at Rice University focused on socioeconomic disparities and population change.
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Coffee & Quality Case Study #5: CollegeCommunityCareer
This Coffee & Quality case study finds that CollegeCommunityCareer students who stayed engaged in programs and participated in summer activities had better college outcomes.
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EDUCATION
Asian American Community Study: Individual and Household Characteristics
Houston’s Asian community is highly diverse, predominantly foreign-born and generally well-educated.
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Asian American Community Study: Political and Social Attitudes
Asian communities tend to be ideologically moderate, with political identities evenly split and shaped by ethnic and generational differences.
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Asian American Community Study: Experiences with Discrimination
In the Houston area, about 4 in 10 Asian residents reported experiencing discrimination in the past year.
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Asian American Community Study: Creating Identity
Majorities of Asian residents align on what matters most to their identity: family, gender, ethnicity and “being American.”
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Housing Quality Registry: Preliminary Data
Common housing quality issues include concerns about drinking water quality, water damage not caused by flooding and poor window insulation.
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Safety Climate in the Houston Fire Department
In summer 2023, the Houston Fire Department partnered with the Kinder Institute to better understand the safety climate of its department. Many concerns raised in this study have since been addressed, and the report focuses on perennial challenges.
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PUBLIC SAFETY
Coffee & Quality Case Study #4: HAAM Social Services
This fourth Coffee & Quality case study focuses on HAAM Social Services, which supports residents in northeast Harris and east Montgomery counties with basic needs, education and job assistance.
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What’s Important to Workers and Changing Careers in the Greater Houston Area
Work-life balance, salary and enjoyment are top priorities for Greater Houston-area workers when looking for a job.
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Rice University
Kraft Hall
6100 Main Street, Suite 305
Houston, TX 77005-1892