Asians (about 60 percent) are much more likely to be
college-educated than Anglos (under 40 percent), according to Rice University’s
Kinder Institute Houston Area Asian Survey, the first systematic look at the
local Asian population based on three surveys conducted over a 16-year period.
The findings were released today by Stephen Klineberg, Kinder Institute
co-director and Rice sociologist, at an event hosted by the institute at the
Asia Society Texas Center.
The surveys, conducted in 1995, 2002 and 2011 in conjunction
with the annual Kinder Institute Houston Area Survey, directed questions about
demographics, life experiences and societal issues to all of Houston’s varied
Asian communities. The surveys explored the similarities and differences among
the Houston area’s four largest Asian communities: the Vietnamese,
Indian/Pakistani, Chinese/Taiwanese and Filipino populations.