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Showing 1 to 20 of 190 for “"Racial Groups"”.
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Ethno-racial groups and occupational attainment: Influence of human capital and social capital.
… predictors of occupational attainment of ethno-racial groups in Canada, with a particular focus on the influence of human capital and social capital. Ethnic inequality has been the focus of a gamut of studies that have sought to identify the factors behind its existence. This thesis seeks to …
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Differences across racial groups in caregiver ratings of symptoms in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders
… this study was to examine the differences across racial/ethnic groups in caregiver ratings of symptoms of children diagnosed with ASDs. Results from such research will help determine whether cultural background can influence the recognition of behaviors indicative of an ASD. Culturally-sensitive …
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Iron-deficiency Anaemia in Infants and Pre-school children in Three Racial groups in Cape Town
Iron-deficiency anemia is probably the commonest deficiency disease in infants and children throughout the world today. This prevalence is indeed surprising as the condition can be readily detected. Moreover, iron medication is cheap and for many years has been known to be effective in the …
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Study Abroad and Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive Universities: Preparing Students from Underrepresented Racial Groups to Live in a Global Environment
The purpose of this study was to identify current practices in study abroad offices and to investigate factors that may impact the number of minority students that participate in study abroad programs. The predictors, commitment to study abroad, proportion of staff and student workers, and …
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Caregiver Adaptation among Black and White Families of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Comparison of the Two Racial Groups
… 32) primary caregivers of individuals with ASD. Racial differences were found for both the general and racial-specific factors in the ABCX model. White and Black caregivers reported moderate and equal levels of caregiver strain. However, Black caregivers reported greater levels of anxiety and …
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Farm labour in a demarcated area of the Western Cape
… b) the interaction amongst the three mentioned racial groups; c) the community structure of the three racial groups; d) tendencies in migration of farm labourers and the problems arising from it; e) the social-economical position of the farm worker in the country; f) the relation between the …
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The predictive validity of the general scholastic aptitude test (GSAT) for first year students in information technology
… it is an equally good predictor for the various racial groups in South Africa. Thirdly it investigates it’s usefulness as a predictor for the different gender groups. The final aim is to establish whether the GSAT correlates with the Swedish Rating (SR) and English language ability in terms of …
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What Would You Do? Racial Differences in Mental Health Coping Strategies
… different races/ethnicities and across different groups of blacks. Using a 2022 survey of Houston, Texas residents, I explore racial and ethnic differences in both formal and personal coping mechanisms, such as exercise, social networks, and religion through binary logistic regressions. The main …
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Perceptions of office gossip amongst diverse groups in the workplace
… of diverse individuals, from different racial groups and genders, regarding office gossip. Design– This paper followed a qualitative interpretivist research design, and content analysis was used to analyse the transcribed data. Findings– The findings indicate that the perceptions of …
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Recreational Resources in Champaign, Illinois: Comparing Racial Differences in Park Usage and Proclivity for Residual Open Space
… nature be more comprehensive to include other racial groups and individuals.
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Investigating racial differences in clinical and pathological features of prostate cancer in South African men
… of prostate cancer in men from different racial groups in the Western Cape in an attempt to define the characteristics of the disease locally. Specifically we wanted to compare black with coloured and white patients.
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A description of the profiles of U18 rugby players who attended the Craven Week tournament between 2002-2012
… the need to quantify physical difference between racial groups at a junior level over time is important. The first objective of the thesis was to examine the profiles of U18 Craven Week rugby players to gain insight into the development pathway from U13 to U18. A second aim was to understand …
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Explaining Racial Discrepancies in Verbal Memory Assessment with Joint Estimation of Life Course Social Inequalities and Measurement Bias
… test performance have demonstrated that racial group differences appear on a wide variety of tests and samples. The development of new tests, statistical adjustments, and incorporation of additional sociocultural information have contributed to varying degrees of success in the resolution …
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A study of families, households and population in the Union of Burma
… of women and role of children in different racial groups have been examined. A varied picture of the ;socio-cultural pattern of family life of different societies in the Union of Burma was observed. A statistical analysis of the family itself is not feasible in the Union of Burma as …
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A study of families, households and population in the Union of Burma
… of women and role of children in different racial groups have been examined. A varied picture of the ;socio-cultural pattern of family life of different societies in the Union of Burma was observed. A statistical analysis of the family itself is not feasible in the Union of Burma as …
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Spatiotemporal approaches to understanding environmental justice and multi-contextual segregation
… in conceptualizations and methodologies in racial/ethnic segregation, environmental health, and environmental justice research by incorporating human mobility into an analytical framework. Many environmental justice studies have examined the association between residential segregation and …
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Income stratification and polarization in post-apartheid South Africa
… distances and differences across population groups. This investigation is carried out through the perspective of income polarization and income stratification literature. Chapter 2 presents the analysis of the concepts of bi-polarization and polarization on the distribution of income in South …
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Analysis of Bolton's tooth size discrepancy for a referred UK population
… between males and females. • To assess racial differences for tooth size discrepancies in different malocclusion categories. Malocclusion groups included: Class I, Class II division 1, Class II division II, Class III Racial groups included: Caucasian, Asian, Afro-Caribbean Method A …
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AN OBSERVATION OF THE EQUITY FRAMEWORK IN A LARGE URBAN DISTRICT AND ITS IMPACT ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY PRACTICE
… at disproportionate rates when compared to other racial groups, especially White students. Some leaders in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) are aware of the negative impact of the inequitable discipline practices that are evident in the disproportionate out-of-school suspension rates and how such …
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The Relation of Cognitive Complexity to Ethnic Identity and Adjustment
… along which they view various ethnic and racial groups. Complexity, in turn, was hypothesized to be related to self-efficacy for relating to Asians and Whites, as well as more global measures of adjustment. Ethnic identity achievement was also hypothesized to be related to self-efficacy …
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