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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Socioeconomics"”.
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Socioeconomics of tobacco use in the Southern African Customs Union
Tobacco consumption has long been a significant health concern. This is because it is one of the significant causes of premature death, as a result of various types of diseases that arise due to the use of both smoking and smokeless tobacco. Tobacco use has been found to be associated significantly …
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Socioeconomics, self-esteem and locus of control in third grade students
… Results did not indicate a relationship between socioeconomics and self-esteem or locus of control. Findings did support a negative correlation between self-esteem and locus of control for all participants.</p>
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A link between handedness, gender, socioeconomics, race, and parental involvement and learning disabilities
… if there was a link between handedness, gender, socioeconomics, race, and parental involvement and learning disabilities. The records from a local school where reviewed and compared to the national records. When comparing the local and national records, the school was found to be close in …
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An Analysis of Socioeconomics and Education in American Literature: The Impact of Geography on Education
… show the impact that unjust geographies have on socioeconomics and education through a closer examination of the landscape, domestic space, and social structure in each novel. This essay will apply Julia Kristeva’s abjection theory from Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection to the novels Child …
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Relationship of Discrimination and Early Life Socioeconomics on Health Outcomes in Healthy Young African American Women
There is a lack of understanding of contributors to disparate outcomes for African American (AA) women. This research sought to identify the direct effects of racial and gender discrimination and early life socioeconomic position on psychological distress and biomarkers of stress and inflammation …
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Modeling Vehicle Ownership Decisions in Maryland: A Preliminary Stated Preference Survey and Model
… The survey is divided into three parts: socioeconomics, revealed preference (RP), and SP sections. The socioeconomics portion asks respondents about themselves and their households. The RP portion asks about household's current vehicles. The SP section presents respondents with various …
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Steward's southern Great Basin research validated through obsidian artifact sources
… Steward's documentation of Western Shoshone socioeconomics. Specific obsidian sources were predicted to be present in artifact samples collected from six sites in the study area. Predictions were based on Steward's documentation of Lida Vicinity, Kawich Mountains, and Beatty/Belted Mountains …
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Inequities in Education: The Case of Fulton County School District
… of this study is to examine the effects of socioeconomics and race on student test achievement in Fulton County School District. Acknowledging the effects of socioeconomic and racial segregation on academic success for students will provide a greater understanding and promote awareness in …
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Love and Low Serotonin
… concerning self-image, companionship, healthcare socioeconomics, and deviant behavior.
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Health status of the uninsured: An investigation of health behaviors and medical care usage
… worse health after controlling for demographics, socioeconomics, medical care utilization, health behaviors, and type of insurance."
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May I Walk Beside You? Exploring the Journey into the Careers of African American Women in Childcare Through Their Stories
… past creating the present. Education, religion, socioeconomics, culture and racial issues play an important part in each person’s life. Therefore, these factors were the main focus when participants were asked to describe their lives. The results were cross-referenced in order to gain a sense of …
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Principals’ Perceptions Of Teacher-Student Interactions In Diversifying Suburban Middle Schools
… via the perceptions of self, race, culture, and socioeconomics helped frame the principals’ understanding of the teacher-student interactions and provided opportunities to examine and discuss their leadership practices as well as advice to aspiring principals and district administrators. This …
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Perfil do setor energético no Brasil
… United States the world ranking of energy and socioeconomics. It has a balanced matrix and about 60.6% are non-renewable resources, especially the oil and oil products that make up much of this offer. The industry and the transport sector with 17% each are the sectors that demand for energy in …
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Social and lifestyle predictors of perceived health in the United States: A replication and extension of Statistics Canada.
… and Canada. Social determinants of health (socioeconomics) were better predictors of health than lifestyle (behaviors). Individual-level socioeconomic characteristics and lifestyle were better predictors than higher level contexts (i.e., characteristics of a state or health regions). The …
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Opportunity to Learn, Engagement, and Science Achievement: Evidence form TIMSS 2003 Data
… on science achievement controlling for family socioeconomics status. The results of structural equation modeling supported some theoretical formulations of the conceptual model, and showed significant effect of OTL factors on students' science engagement, especially the behavioral engagement. …
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Spatial Distribution of Obesity among West Virginia 5th Grade Children: Analysis of the Socioeconomic, Physical, and Personal Environment
… this study were threefold: 1) to determine which socioeconomics, physical, and personal environmental attributes contribute to a BMI equal to or greater than the 85th percentile for age, and gender; 2) to determine which socioeconomics, physical, and personal environmental attributes contribute to …
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Preference accommodating and preference shaping : incorporating traveler preferences into transportation planning
… of individuals that are distinct from the socioeconomics. The dissertation presents three applications that incorporate these latent factors into travel demand analysis of three critical aspects of travel behavior: car use, mode choice and car ownership. Incorporating the latent variables …
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The Impact of a Transition Program on Ninth Grade Students' Performance
… of students as categorized by race, gender, and socioeconomics were impacted more by the transition program. The findings of this study suggested that the transition program may have eased the transition by providing support to ninth grade students to improve their conduct. The quantitative …
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Aspectos económicos ligados a las explotaciones creadas por el Plan Badajoz
… At the same time, the evolution of de main socioeconomics rates of Badajoz are studied, since the settlements part of the Plan until today, and which have been the influence of Badajoz’s Plan in this evolution. Also an economic and productive characterization of the actual situation of the …
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USING SOCIALLY SENSED BIG DATA TO MODEL PATTERNS AND GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN CITIES
… dissertation models the associations between socioeconomics and mobility in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area as a case study and applies the learned associations for inferring geographical patterns of socioeconomic status (SES) solely using the socially sensed data. This dissertation …
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