The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey asked southwestern Pennsylvania residents for their views on diversity in the workplace, region and their neighborhood. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Introduction
Southwestern Pennsylvanian is an outlier among U.S. metropolitan regions when racial and ethnic diversity is the measure. Less than 14 percent of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area population is African American, Asian, Hispanic and people of mixed race. In none of the other 14 Pittsburgh Today benchmark regions do minorities claim a smaller slice of... More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Survey Methods
The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey was conducted in August and September 2015. Data were collected via a web-based survey by the University Center for Social & Urban Research (UCSUR) at the University of Pittsburgh. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Sexual Orientation
Sexual orientation tends to be less of an influence on how people view diversity in the workplace than it is on how they perceive diversity in the region and in their communities. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Gender
The differences in how men and women surveyed view issues related to diversity at work and in the region and their neighborhoods tend to be narrow compared to those found among white and minority residents and U.S.-born and foreign-born residents. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Age
The answers to questions ranging from how committed employers are to hiring minorities to how welcoming southwestern Pennsylvania is to racial and ethnic minorities often differ depending on the age of those who are asked. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Income
Income is another factor that tends to influence perceptions about diversity in the workplace and region. In a few instances, the differences in views are significant. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Education
Education emerges as an influential factor in how southwestern Pennsylvania residents who took the Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey view matters related to diversity in the region and their place of employment. More
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The Pittsburgh Regional Diversity Survey – Foreign-Born
Improving conditions necessary to draw foreign-born workers to the region and convince them to stay is an idea gaining momentum among companies, government and others looking to diversify and strengthen the workforce and improve southwestern Pennsylvania’s economic outlook. More