More than 2 million immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa live in the United States. A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that they are, on average, college-educated and employed. In fact, they are more likely than native-born Americans to have pursued advanced degrees. And they are employed at about the same rates as the general population. The study is important for several reasons. First, it shows that most sub-Saharan Africans living in the U.S. do not fit a stereotype of a struggling, out-of-work person with little schooling. The study also shows that the sub-Saharan African immigrant population is different in the U.S. than in Europe. For example, in the U.S. more than two out of three sub-Saharan African immigrants have at least some college education. In Britain, half do.
Title: Study Finds Africans Among Best Educated US Immigrants
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2540/africans_educated.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study Finds Africans Among Best Educated US Immigrants' data-article-id='3070'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8292'>More than 2 million immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa live in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='8292' data-end-time='19271'>A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that they are, on average, college-educated and employed.</span> <span data-start-time='19271' data-end-time='28854'>In fact, they are more likely than native-born Americans to have pursued advanced degrees.</span> <span data-start-time='28854' data-end-time='36708'>And they are employed at about the same rates as the general population.</span> <span data-start-time='36708' data-end-time='41458'>The study is important for several reasons.</span> <span data-start-time='41458' data-end-time='58083'>First, it shows that most sub-Saharan Africans living in the U.S. do not fit a stereotype of a struggling, out-of-work person with little schooling.</span> <span data-start-time='58083' data-end-time='69583'>The study also shows that the sub-Saharan African immigrant population is different in the U.S. than in Europe.</span> <span data-start-time='69583' data-end-time='82833'>For example, in the U.S. more than two out of three sub-Saharan African immigrants have at least some college education.</span> <span data-start-time='82833' data-end-time='86104'>In Britain, half do.</span> </p></div><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2540/time_magazine.m4a'><span>Time magazine</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2540/pew_research_center.m4a'><span>Pew Research Center</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2540/immigrant_groups.m4a'><span>Immigrant groups</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2540/african_national_center.m4a'><span>African National Center</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10698 data-hint-location='28854' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2540/they_are_employed_at_the_same_rate_as__blank_.m4a'>They are employed at the same rate as <span class='blank'>the general population</span>.</div><div 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