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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Single Women"”.
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Housing Market Choice Patterns of Single Women Homeowners
… rates and other housing problems of single women but there is very little research focusing on single women homeowners or the characteristics of the housing they buy. Also, since a wide body of research can be found that examines determinants of homeownership for various population …
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Intimate partner violence: The lived experience of single women
… study was to examine, interpret, and understand single women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). The study sought to find out if differences existed between the experiences of single women with IPV and other groups of women who have previously been studied. The question that guided …
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Factors Associated with High Sexual Risk Behavior in Single Women
… with High Sexual Risk Behavior (HSRB) in single Afro American women seen in an Epidemiology/Sexual transmitted disease (EPID/STD) Clinic in Richmond, Virginia from January 2006 through April 2006.Method: Participants were 154 single women (no history of marriage) between the ages of 18-30 …
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Older Single Women in Transition: Moving to a Supportive Retirement Community
… and health challenges encountered by older women who transitioned to a retirement community that provided social, health, and safety support structures. The aim of this study was to analyze and describe the transition from the viewpoint of the participants. Although previous research has …
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An exploration of self-concept and life satisfaction of single women
… between self-concept and life satisfaction of single women and examines, through the use of interviews, how these two factors are connected. This study aims to gain perspective of why women remain single, what pressures single women face, and how a woman’s life satisfaction and self-concept are …
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PERCEPTIONS OF ABILITY TO REFUSE SEX AMONG SINGLE WOMEN IN URBAN CAMEROON
… reviews the variables that influence young women's ability to refuse sex with a man who has paid her school fees and a man who has power over her such as a teacher or employer. I use the 2002 Cameroon Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey, which contains information on a randomly selected …
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From saeter to sod: Single women homesteaders of Norwegian descent farming their land in Dakota territory, 1862-1929
1 PDF file (v, 112 pages : illustrations)
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The implications for low income single women of New Zealand government housing policy reform : A dissertation submitted for the degree of Bachelor of Parks and Recreation Management Honours at Lincoln University, Canterbury
… on the implications of the proposed reforms for single low income women. At the time the reforms were announced, female headed households comprised the majority of state tenants. Consequently, any changes to the management of state housing provision would have specific implications for low income …
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A pilot study of the abortion standards of college women
… a model to explain the abortion standards of single women. A sample of 263 college women was used to test the two hypotheses proposed by the model. The findings show support for Hypothesis I that abortion permissiveness and premarital sexual permissiveness are positively associated for single …
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Women's empowerment in informal settlements of the Peruvian Amazon frontier: A case study of 9 de Octubre, Pucallpa-Peru
Women's organizations in informal settlements located in peri-urban areas of Peruvian Amazon cities have been carrying out programs for solving nutrition, food, health, and income generation problems in their communities. This is a way of women's local action of self-help and self-reliance to …
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A Model of Individual, Relationship, and Societal Factors and Mental Health and Well-Being in Partnered Sexual Minority Women: The Central Role of Relationship Satisfaction
<p>Sexual minority women (SMW) are at increased risk for mental health disorders, substance abuse, and physical health problems compared to heterosexual women. For heterosexual individuals, romantic relationships have been found to be protective against a variety of health issues. Less research, …
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Values-Based Cartooning: Mothers Storying the Absent Father (A Case Study)
… multiple and diverse lived experience of single mothers storying the absent biological father or sperm donor. Graphically facilitated interviews and workshops were undertaken with twenty single women aged between sixteen and fifty-two, all pregnant or first-time mothers of babies. …
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Bachelorette Sanctuary
… Sanctuary is an uncompleted book that helps single women purchase a home. The book inspires women to fulfill their goals and dreams even without a man by their side, and it provides those women with the information and skills they need to save money for a home, purchase it, maintain it, and …
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Transitions to Assisted Living Within a Continuing Care Retirement Community
… was to explore the lived experience of older single women who moved from their independent homes to the assisted living setting, both situated within a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC).</p> <p>Rationale: Anecdotally, CCRC transitions have been viewed as either one dreaded possible …
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Homeless women: A social, economic and historical analysis
This study of single homeless women looks at the way our society defines and generates "needs", at the way housing is provided and allocated to exclude specific forms of households, and at the experiences of a particular group - single women - for whom the impact of these processes is dire. The …
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Factors affecting recidivism at a transitional shelter for the homeless
… households, female-headed households, and single women, through a study of selected households utilizing a transitional shelter for the homeless in Las Vegas, Nevada. The paper touches on the history of homelessness in America, and explores some of the factors related to the increase in …
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Wicked widows, crazy spinsters, and competent heroines : the single woman in sentimental fiction
… is given particular attention to the models of single women that appear in sentimental fiction. This study aims to examine such models: the aggressive, evil mother-surrogate, the eccentric fool, and the innocent girl who grows up to be an independent single woman. The evil single woman who …
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"A poor woman wants permit to go to Almshouse": Women, gender and poverty in New York's Burned-Over District, 1821-1861
This dissertation studies poor women and the poverty relief system in New York's "Burned-Over District," the region comprising the Erie Canal corridor, during the period 1821-1861. The study offers a response to the historiography of middle-class formation in the region, which has largely omitted …
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Family Experiences of Single Sexual Minority Women from the Baby Boom
… individuals spend more than half their lives as single due to divorce, widowhood, and remaining single (Simpson, 2016). Singlehood, in general, has meant not being in a heterosexual relationship. Historically, lesbian women have been considered single because their relationships were not legally …
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