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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Status Attainment"”.
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Religious Factors and Status Attainment among US Immigrants
The role of religion in status attainment process of native born American population has received adequate scholarly attention. However, not much is known about the religion-stratification link for US immigrants. Using the New Immigrant Survey (NIS) 2003, this dissertation examines the role of …
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RELIGION AND WOMEN'S STATUS ATTAINMENT: A COMPARATIVE AND HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS
… hierarchical methodology to model variability in status attainment by religious factors, gender traditionalism, and contextual features of the fifty-seven countries included in the sample. The broad research goals were to ascertain gender differences in attainment outcomes, and to extend the scope …
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Effect of organizational environments on the status attainment of students of color and majority students: a general linear model analysis
<p>This study sought to determine if the graduation rates of students of color and majority students at public, research extensive and intensive institutions could be predicted by institutional resource allocation activities in the context of both the internal and external environments of …
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Connected by Underground Wires
… an association between the digital divide and status attainment. As Americans become more reliant on information technology, those excluded from the computer revolution will experience greater economic and social disadvantages. Taking data from Current Population Survey, I examine how internet …
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Scarred for Life. How conditions in early life affect socioeconomic status, reproduction and mortality in Southern Sweden, 1813-1968
… life course, as well as on female socioeconomic status attainment and reproductive health. Specific exposure to measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough are also considered. Regarding the impact of prices, higher mortality is observed among exposed landless males in old age, while exposed …
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Extracurricular activities, academic outcomes, and life chances
Previous research in status attainment has examined the effect of high school grades and educational aspirations on future educational and occupational attainment. Using a combination of role theory and life chances, this research expands on previous research by examining the effects of …
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Education, occupation and family patterns of second generation immigrant youth in the U.S.: the importance of embeddedness in social relationships in the transition to adulthood
… influence early patterns and later adult status attainment. I find that second generation immigrant youth vary in the intensity and quality of relationships during the adolescent development period and these differences in part reflect differences between racial/ethnic groups, gender and …
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THE DIRECT EFFECT OF SOCIAL ORIGIN. A SCOPING REVIEW AND TWO COMPARATIVE ANALYSES
… intergenerational transmission of occupational status independent of individual education, or human capital. Building on the Blau-Duncan (1967) framework, foundational to current social stratification research, this work addresses persistent questions about why modern societies, despite …
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Graduation rates, success and high school quality.
… school curriculums. Informed by theories from status attainment, credentialism, and cultural capital, the present study aims to create a standard with which to test both the efficacy of G.P.A. as a predictive variable, and the relationship that individual student characteristics have to the …
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Pride and Status: Unpacking Two Divergent Pathways to Cooperation
… in influencing prosocial motivations through status hierarchy. According to a prominent theory, pride consists of authentic pride and hubristic pride, both of which are tied to different types of status attainment, prestige and dominance. The main behavioral experiment in this study involved …
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Facilitating the College Transition of Undocumented and Citizen Students of Mixed-Status Families: A Mixed Methods Study of the Role of Public High School Counselors as Social Capital Agents
<p>Undocumented and citizen students from mixed-status families (UCM students) encounter numerous obstacles when transitioning to college due to their citizenship status or that of an immediate family member. Due to the current anti-immigrant political environment, these college-going obstacles …
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The long arm of childhood bereavement : parental death and pathways to adult health and educational inequalities.
… parental death and health and educational attainment, the pathways and mechanisms that explain these relationships are not well-understood. This dissertation investigates following questions: Does childhood parental death matter for young adult health and educational attainment? If it does, …
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Subverting value hierarchies : essays on the causes and responses to shifts in demand for authenticity
… theory that addresses the tendency for high-status actors to be deemed less considerate and more inauthentic than low-status actors. We argue that this tendency stems from two features of the typical status attainment process: (a) the incentive structure, through which the benefits of a …
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Marching Upward: The Role of the Military in Social Stratification and Mobility in American Society
… participation in the military affects subsequent status attainment and mobility in America. The purpose of this research was to conduct a comprehensive examination of existing empirical research resulting in a synthesis of findings and establishing a concise summary of the state of the literature …
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Does low-income homeownership work? The effects of titling among beneficiaries in Cape Town and Lusaka
… durables, housing, children's education and attainment of a higher social status. Apart from status attainment, these improvements can more appropriately be attributed to a better housing environment rather than to stronger tenure rights. In Matero, survey results revealed that titling was …
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Masculinity and The Plebeian Honour Fight: Dispute Resolution in Georgian England
… for dispute resolution as well as a means of status attainment. Plebeian self-control, a quality shown to be aspired to in plebeian models of manliness, distinguished the violence from that used in intentional murder, robbery, or by mob rioters. The plebeian honour fight fulfilled an important …
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Measuring Upward Mobility in Times of Change
… one-dimensional measures of socio-economic status. Additionally, I find that the process of gaining access likely differs between institutional quality tiers. A higher proportion of groups eligible for affirmative action, and a lower proportion of women, regardless of socio-economic origins, …