69 pct of Native Americans severely affected by inflation: poll
Aug 23, 2022
New York [US], August 23:Inflation has caused a staggering 69 percent of Native Americans significant financial problems, the National Public Radio (NPR) on Saturday cited a new poll.
"No other single group in the country is feeling as much financial strain right now as are Native Americans," said NPR in its report of the poll jointly conducted with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
According to census data, close to 27 percent of Native Americans live in poverty. That's significantly more than the rest of the country, which averages close to 15 percent, added the report.
Source: Xinhua
