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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Socio-economic disadvantage"”.
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Risk factors for coronary heart disease and mediation by socio-economic status : An analysis of the 1995 National Health Survey
… also shows CHD prevalence to be predicted by socio-economic status (SES) variables. This study aims to identify the extent to which risk and protective factors predict CHD prevalence in an Australian National survey and whether the association between risk factors and CHD is confounded by SES …
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Examining the perceived benefit of education for Aboriginal secondary students in Western Australia
… and urban Australians and face continued socio-economic disadvantage. Many contemporary voices have called for quantitative evidence for Indigenous education policy. The current thesis responds to this gap in the literature by developing a factor model of Indigenous education engagement, …
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Unruly School Spaces: An Ethnographic Exploration of Year 8 Students Experiences Of Space, Gender and Well-Being in a South Wales Secondary School
… a deprived area of South Wales, with significant socio-economic disadvantage, by using space as a conceptual lens through which to view their social practices, and I hope to inform educational research, policy and practice in Wales with these findings.
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Unruly School Spaces: an ethnographic exploration of Year Eight student experiences of space, gender and well-being in a South Wales secondary school
… a deprived area of South Wales, with significant socio-economic disadvantage, by using space as a conceptual lens through which to view their social practices, and I hope to inform educational research, policy and practice in Wales with these findings.
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A Comparative Analysis of Education Reform and its Impact on Socio-Economic Reform in the Twentieth Century
… inter-relationships between education policy and socio-economic disadvantage. Although the focus of the project is primarily the last four decades of the twentieth century, there is an initial consideration of immediate post-war discourses on poverty and education focusing on the impact that these …
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Adolescent Offending: How Growing Up Disadvantaged Matters Across Immigrant Generations
Poverty and disadvantage are typically associated with a variety of social problems, including adolescent offending. While poverty and disadvantage tend to increase adolescent offending, this does not appear true among foreign-born populations. Indeed, the foreign-born are less involved in …
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Investigating Community Participation in Sports and Recreation at Esikhaleni Township in KwaZulu-Natal
… youth and idleness epidemics, crime as well as socio-economic disadvantage. The aim of this study is to assess the participation of Esikhaleni community members in sport and recreation, whose objectives further intend at identifying the available facilities that community members can use to …
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Resilience - Policy buzzword or key concept? - How relevant is resilience as a tool for promoting positive outcomes for ‘at-risk’ young people
… evidence on the significant link between socio-economic disadvantage and educational attainment. Going beyond this, my thesis also makes a significant new contribution to understanding the mechanisms which underpin the role of positive social support networks in supporting young people at …
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Socio-economic Background and Attainment at GCSE: Does the Attainment of Students Eligible for Free School Meals Differ Over Time By Assessment System or Other Background Characteristics?
… and it is widely acknowledged that difference by economic background is particularly persistent and significant, with gaps being far larger than those by ethnicity or gender. Such differences have been estimated to reach over two years of difference in levels by age 16 and could take up to 50 …
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A Feasibility Study and a Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of the PAX ‘Good Behaviour Game’ in Disadvantaged Schools
… in particular those situated in areas of high socio-economic disadvantage. The GBG has been extensively studied in the United States and other international settings and has been proven to be a useful tool across various cultural, linguistic and socio-economic populations. It has been reported …
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An evaluation of the Black Country in Motion: a community led intervention for the engagement of hard to reach, physically inactive communities of the Black Country
… UK’s economy. Subsequently, those who experience socio-economic disadvantage are more inclined to be inactive. As a means to tackling inactivity within such demographic groups, community-led interventions have been used to engage individuals and increase social cohesion and social capital. However …