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Showing 1 to 20 of 321 for “"Ethnic group"”.
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Cancer incidence by Ethnic Group in England, 2001-2007
… few established risk factors. Studying different ethnic groups in the same country overcomes the limitations of some international comparisons as similar diagnostic methods, reporting and registration procedures are used. The primary objective of this study is to compare the incidence of all major …
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Retirement Provision among the Black and Minority Ethnic Group in the UK
… by individuals in old age, regardless of their ethnic group. However, individuals belonging to the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) group are more financially vulnerable in retirement than other groups, such as the White British. Previous research indicates that labour market disadvantages, low …
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The Student's Perspective: Exploring Ethnic Group Variances in Bullying Behavior Using Mixed Methods Research
… has failed to adequately consider whether ethnicity impacts students' involvement in, and perceptions of, bullying behaviors. This study employed a mixed methodology to examine how an ethnically diverse sample of students in seventh and eighth grade described and perceived bullying within …
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The Evolution of the Built Environment of the Margi Ethnic Group of Northeastern Nigeria
… evolution of the domestic sphere of the Margi ethnic group of northeastern Nigeria. The evolution started with round huts and fences that were constructed mainly with pieces of stones while living in the Mandara Mountain enclaves and with mud huts surrounded with thatch mats while living on the …
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Do Latinos Party All the Time? The Role of Shared Ethnic Group Identity on Political Choice
… of this dissertation is do Latinos prefer co-ethnic candidates and if so, to what degree? I examine how Latinos evaluate co-ethnic candidates—both those who share one’s partisanship and who do not. In addressing the former, is the evaluation higher of a candidate who not only shares one’s …
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Ethnic Group Livelihood Strategies and State Integration: Moken and the Hill People in Negotiation with the State
… seen by the state contrast with the views of the ethnic minorities. For example the policies of environment protection prohibit traditional practices like gathering sea snails in the case of the Moken, or shifting cultivation as practiced by most hill people. Consequently, the people have to find …
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The Impacts of Tourism on Local Community Wellbeing. A Case of Sukuma Ethnic Group in Mwanza Region, Tanzania
… on community wellbeing in Tanzania. Sukuma ethnic group in Mwanza Region was used as a case study. Specific, the study identified tourism activities undertaken by Sukuma people, sources of tourism impacts, assessed tourism impacts, and exploring strategies that minimize negative tourism …
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Racial and Ethnic Group Variations in Service Use among Medicare Home Health Care Beneficiaries with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
… of HHC service use, we compared racial and ethnic groups across measures of HHC service use in a nationally representative sample of Medicare HHC beneficiaries with a primary diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: Medicare HHC claims were linked to Outcome and Assessment Information …
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Factors in the persistence or decline of ethnic group mobilisation: a conceptual review and case study of cultural group responses among Afrikaners in post-apartheid South Africa
… One is to reconcile competing explanations of ethnicity, and the other is to explore the factors underlying ethnicity in the light of a case study of the rise and decline of ethnic mobilisation among white Afrikaners in South Africa. For many observers the recent apparent "decomposition" of …
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Microvascular endothelial function in a multi-ethnic group of apparently healthy South African men and women: Implications for testing and the relationship between insulin resistance and microvascular reactivity
… prior to clinical manifestations. Measuring ethnic differences in microvascular endothelial function will provide insight into the disparate cardio-metabolic disease profiles that exist within a multi-ethnic South African population. Moreover, it has been shown that insulin resistance is …
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Diversity public engagement in New Zealand planning - A case study of Christchurch the Chinese ethnic group: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Planning at Lincoln University
… it for better planning quality. A growth of ethnic diversity from global immigration provides the challenges and opportunities for the engagement process. In the New Zealand context, Christchurch City opens the door of public engagement to all local residents with different visa types. The …
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Collective self-esteem among ethnic minorities: Examining patterns over 4 years
… worthy they are as a member of their racial or ethnic group), identity (i.e., the importance of one’s racial or ethnic group to their identity), private CSE (i.e., one’s personal evaluation of their racial or ethnic group), and public CSE (i.e., one’s beliefs on how others evaluate their racial …
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Patterns of extracurricular participation in high school
… extracurricular activities among the various ethnic groups. The secondary purpose of this study was to examine patterns among each ethnic group and each extracurricular activity. The patterns of participation were examined in 10 High Schools. Participants of each activity were identified as …
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Experiencing Ethnicity: A Case Study of White, Black, Latino, and Asian Adolescents in an Urban High School
The findings reveal that the process of ethnic identity development in adolescence varies significantly by ethnic group membership. The data reveal that current institutional conceptualizations of ethnicity do not represent the range of ethnic groups in the school and do not capture the complexity …
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The general cognitive ability of Maori and European subjects: a comparative study of Queensland test performances and psychometric properties
… studying the comparative performances of the two ethnic groups at six age levels, major psychometric properties of the instrument were investigated. Such data have an important bearing upon the issue of psychological equivalence across ethnic or culture group samples. Seven hundred children (303 …
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Anglos' and Latinos' Self-Regulation to Standards for Education and Parenthood
… school students arise from differences across ethnic groups in the standards held for these behaviors and whether these different standards and differential success across groups at meeting them contribute to ethnic group differences in self-esteem. I tested this regulatory model in two …
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An analysis of the decision to formally register a new venture in Sub-Saharan Africa
… studies use three samples, two from the Nafana ethnic group, with one sample from Ghana and the other sample from the Ivory Coast, and one from the Bono ethnic group in Ghana.
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Navigating College Life: College Transition Experiences and Persistence of Minority Immigrant Students
Fifty-two ethnic minority immigrant students drawn from the 2006 entering freshman class at a predominantly White, public, doctoral granting, residential institution in the Midwestern U.S. participated in the study. These students and their families regarded postsecondary education in the U.S. as …
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A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN READING COMPREHENSION AND STUDENTS' ATTITUDE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN SINGAPORE
… The relationships an; examined for the 3 main ethnic groupings i.e. Chinese, Malay, Indian for each of the 2 different ability streams i.e. Normal and Express of Singaporean students in Secondary 3 classes. The study aims to :- • work out the correlations between the five variables for the 3 …
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