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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Affluent Families"”.
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Unclaimed flowers and blossoms protected by Thorns: never-married women in the United States, 1880-1930.
… middle class women, particularly those from affluent families, were more likely to remain single than women from other classes or backgrounds because they often had educations that allowed them to move into the new, better paying jobs and affluent families to rely on if they remained single. …
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Variables that Attract and Retain Middle-Income Families to Urban Public Schools
… public schools face the flight of middle-income families from the cities to the suburbs, within-district flight of more affluent families to private and parochial schools, and diminishing funds with which they must serve their populations. This study explored the factors that would influence …
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Investigating family social capital and child health: a case study of South Africa
… Results showed that children from the poorest families bear the largest burden of stunting, wasting, and ill health. Similarly, children from poorer households possessed more family social capital when compared to children from more affluent families. Although family social capital was expected …
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Teaching an English geography curriculum abroad: who is the Other?
In former British colonies, such as Sri Lanka, affluent families from that country may choose to send their children to international schools because they want their children to have a British education and qualifications and be taught by British teachers. This research investigates how some of the …
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Residential income segregation and its impact on schools
… pattern of residential income segregation where affluent families choose to reside in certain areas in order to gain access to good schools (Frankenberg & Orfield, 2012; Holme, 2002). This migration results in changes in educational outcomes and an uneven distribution of resources and services in …
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Nature, autism, and COVID: Exploring perceptions of nature’s relationship with wellbeing in diverse groups
… examine open-text responses gathered from 376 UK families who participated in a survey of families with young children conducted in response to the first Covid-19 lockdown in 2020. While psychological connection to nature is known to be associated with both pro-environmental behaviours and …
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"Iron sharpens iron" The impact of culturally responsive mentoring on at-risk minority female students.
… before completing high school than children from affluent families. At-risk minority female students struggle to balance meeting family expectations and the expectations society places on them. Societal and family expectations take a toll on girl's well-being and aspirations, and these girls …
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Managing secrecy and disclosure of domestic violence in affluent communities: a grounded theory ethnography
… all groups of women, there is scant research on affluent women’s experiences with DV. Using grounded theory and ethnographic approaches, the present study examined how affluent mothers managed secrecy and disclosure of DV in the context of their community. Data consisted of neighborhood …