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Showing 1 to 20 of 128 for “"family background"”.
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Family Background and Propensity to Engage in Infidelity: Exploring an Intergenerational Transmission of Infidelity
… positive messages about infidelity from their family-of-origin. These family communications were then positively associated with more permissive infidelity beliefs, which in turn were associated with higher levels of infidelity behavior. Similar patterns emerged for both males and females, …
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An Examination of Family Background Characteristics and School Environments and Their Effects On Girls' Achievement in Schooling Process.
… of this study was to examine the effects of family background characteristics and school environments on girls' achievement in the schooling process. Girls’ academic achievement in the schooling process is still a big problem especially in Mufindi district. This study therefore investigated …
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School drop-out in the Western Cape : the role of prior school progress, ability, pregnancy and family background
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-40).
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Quality of Fathering and its Relationship with Family Background, Demographics, and Characteristics of Present Family : a Study of Seventh-day Adventist Fathers and Fathers from a National Sample
… vital for the normal functioning of the family. The present study investigated how selected variables from family background, demographics, and characteristics of present family are related to fathering as measured by self-report of fathering dimensions, practices, and satisfaction.</p> …
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Első elköltözés a szülői házból Magyarországon. A szülői ház elhagyásának időzítése, párkapcsolati környezete és családi háttér szerinti különbségei = Leaving the Parental Home in Hungary. Timing, Partnership Context and Differences by Family Background
A szülői házból való elköltözés, az önálló háztartás kialakítása fontos lépés a felnőtt szerepek átvételében. A dolgozat célja annak megismerése, hogy a magyarországi fiatal felnőttek az elmúlt évtizedekben mikor és kivel hagyták el a szülői házat, valamint a kibocsátó család összetétele és …
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Family income and children’s outcomes: evidence for the UK
… inequalities in educational attainment by family background, focusing on three specific aspects of this important issue. University participation is one outcome which displays large gaps by family background. I examine the effect of debt aversion on university participation and find …
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Effects of emotional intelligence on academic achievement in the alternative high school classroom
… self-efficacy in science and technology, and family background on academic achievement of alternative high school students. Gender, age, learning style, and ethnicity of the student are analyzed to determine any moderator effect on these relationships. Seventy-five students, ages 14 to19, who …
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Direct and indirect influences of school learning on Hispanic-American eighth grade students' academic achievement
… achievement, while controlling for important background variables (family background, student's English proficiency, and gender). Few researchers have examined both direct and indirect effects of school learning variables and background influences simultaneously. Path analytic techniques were …
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The Contribution of Achievement, Pupil Characteristics, Teacher Attitudes and Classroom Interaction to Teacher Expectations
… demographic and personality characteristics, family background, teacher attitudes and classroom interaction on teacher expectations and mislabelling. A model was proposed suggesting linkages between the antecedent variables and teacher expectations.
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Sex role definitions and selected educational experiences: an exploratory study
… of the societal agents of socialization -- the family. Specifically, family background variables and background-related variables have been shown to be related to sex role definitions. Nevertheless, in view of the literature suggesting long term effects of certain educational variables upon sex …
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Model pola asuh orang tua yang melakukan perkawinan usia muda terhadap anak dalam keluarga di desa Bermi, Kecamatan Krucil, Kabupaten Probolinggo
… social status, cultural quarters, as well as the background of the parents work. And certainly there are advantages and disadvantages in every parenting. Marriage age also affects the child's upbringing. During this time parents with young age would be still lower education and knowledge about …
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Wage Determinants of College Graduates in China : a Case Study of Nanjing
… of university tiers and major specificity. The family background effects on the occupation and wage are also analyzed in different facets such as employer ownership, job-seeking method and mobility rate. Apart from all the above, this study also focuses on China’s unique labor market, as …
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Re-conceptualising hospitality management: analysing and predicting career progression and success in hospitality
… and socioeconomic variables (for example, family background, size, and structure, current domestic arrangements, education, employment history, amongst others).
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Factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in King Cetshwayo District Secondary Schools
… ∙ Whether there is a relationship between family background and teenage pregnancy in King Cetshwayo district? ∙ What role can be played by educators in mitigating factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in King Cetshwayo district secondary schools? This investigation was pursued with the …
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Ethnicity and attitudes to body shape
… aims were to investigate the role of the family in terms of levels of conflict between girls and their parents and also the role of 'traditional' family background in Asian girls. 169 Asian and 147 Caucasian children from eleven primary schools in Northern England completed assessments …
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Higher Education Admissions in Beijing: Independent Freshman Admissions and the Influence of Family, Schooling, and Gender
… literature by addressing the questions of how family background, types of high school, college entrance scores, and participation in the alternative admissions scheme – Independent Freshman’s Admission (IFA) – help structure access to tertiary education in Beijing, China. I examine tertiary …
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Influences of mothers and dual-career families on the educational attainment of female college students
… University were surveyed on their personal and family background. A non-parametric correlation test revealed that a significant relationship existed between the educational attainment of mothers and the aspired educational level of their daughters although it was an inverted relationship. …
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Equality of Educational Opportunity in China: Factors from Family, School, and Shadow Education
… Opportunity (EEO) in China from the aspects of family, shadow education, and school. The main purpose was to find the influence of factors from the three aspects on people’s educational outcomes. The interaction effects among family, shadow education, and school were emphasized to check how the …
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Using panel data to estimate the returns to schooling in South Africa
… that cannot be measured, such as ability and family background, cause bias in the estimates because they are correlated with education. A panel data approach is thus potentially superior to a cross-sectional one, in that it allows the individual effects to be eliminated with time-differencing. …
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