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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"length of residence"”.
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"""The longer I live here the more I see it"": Exploring length of residence, group identification and race-related stress among black Caribbean immigrants"
This study explored the relationships among length of residence, group identification (racial and ethnic identity) and race-related stress for a sample of Black Caribbean immigrants (n = 96). Participants were recruited through university student organizations, community establishments and snowball …
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Community and Land Attachment of Chagga Women on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
… on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, have a deep and profound sense of attachment to their lands and homes. This thesis compares their reasons for attachment to the systemic model. The systemic model states that community attachment is dependent on social ties and interactions. The three factors that …
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Pragmatic Competence and Transferability: Native and Non-Native Speakers of Portuguese
… linguistic and cultural identity as well as length of residence in a second language environment proved major factors contributing to her/his choices of discourse strategies in the L2. Data suggested that contact with a second language and community also influences the speaker's attitude and …
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Arab immigrants in the Canadian labour market : expectations and compromises
… played an important role in the development of Canada. This study analyzes the adjustment problems of Arab immigrants who live in Montreal and have immigrated to Canada in the 1980's and the 1990's. It is an attempt to explore the nature of their economic adaptation. Economic adaptation is …
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Conservation Awareness and Public Knowledge of the Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) on Vancouver Island, Canada
… Whales (SRKWs) are an endangered population of Orcinus orca, with only 74 individuals remaining. This study examined public knowledge, awareness, and conservation actions regarding SRKWs among 483 residents of Vancouver Island, Canada. Guided by Value‑Belief‑Norm and Place Attachment …
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Student satisfaction with dormitory environments: development of criteria for the design of student housing
In order to develop a criteria for the design of student housing, student satisfaction with their current dormitory environment and student preferences for various features, facilities, and living arrangements in dormitories were investigated. The participants in the study were 180 female students …
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A comparative analysis of movers and non-movers to a retirement community
The purpose of this study was to determine whether significant differences exist between movers and non-movers to a retirement community in the areas of demographic characteristics, residential characteristics of the most recent age-integrated community dwelling, and residential satisfaction. A …
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Adult community education as sites for the development of social capital in a culturally diverse society
… providers and programs play in the development of social and cultural networks for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in a regional community context. Within the milieu of the Shire of Campaspe, a rural area in northern Victoria, there has emerged the issue of …
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Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices: Mosquito-borne Disease Transmission in Southwest Virginia
… is suitable for several mosquito species capable of transmitting pathogens to humans. In southwest Virginia, La Crosse encephalitis and West Nile fever are most prominent. The objective of this research, which uses the Health Belief Model (HBM) as a theoretical framework, is to assess knowledge of …
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The relationship between residential satisfaction, sense of community, sense of belonging and sense of place in a Western Australian urban planned community
… a person‟s psychological wellbeing and quality of life. Residential satisfaction develops due to physical factors such as the provision of parks and amenities within a community, social factors such as a feeling of belongingness to the community and social support within the community and …
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Who Votes? An Exploration of the Factors Influencing Turnout Propensity in Fingal County
… addressed this issue with respect to the county of Fingal in an attempt to identity the factors that influence individual turnout propensity. Data was collated through a county-wide questionnaire survey which was complemented with interview data from politicians, local councilors, political …
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The Civic Engagement Of Latino Immigrants In The United States
… to explain the incorporation and engagement of Latino immigrants in American society by examining how demographic characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and characteristics of the immigrant experience, as moderated by acculturation and trust in government influence their civic …
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The Acquisition of English stops by Saudi L2 Learners
… have studied voice onset time (VOT) in a number of languages but there is a scarcity of research on the acquisition of VOT of English, particularly by adult Saudi learners, and on the VOT of Saudi Arabic. The current study aims to fill these gaps. At the same time, we aimed to assess whether key …
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Sample attrition and physical health of immigrants in the UK
… The first paper analyses sample attrition of immigrants at wave 2 of the UKHLS. We find that non-contact of immigrants is mainly determined by characteristics related to high residential mobility. However, it is also predicted by poor cooperation at the first interview. This suggests that …
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The acquisition of tense and agreement by early child second language learners
This longitudinal study examines the acquisition of tense and agreement morphology by child L2 learners in an early stage of language acquisition. The objectives of this study are twofold. The first is to observe the development of verb inflections and syntactic competence over time from an early …
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A COMPARISON BETWEEN TAIWANESE ESL LEARNERS' PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION OF ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
… ESL learners' perception and production of English interdental fricatives (IFs) with respect to three variables: perception errors, production errors, and three ranges of length of residence (LOR) in the US (LOR < 1 year; LOR= 3-4 years; LOR ; at least 7 years). Through the investigation, …
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A Comparison of Chicago's Scattered Site and Aggregate Public Housing Residents' Psychological Self-Evaluations
… Recognizing the oppressive conditions of concentrated poverty, scattered site housing programs offer an appealing housing alternative to the density and concentration of past public housing developments for low-income families. Scattered site housing programs integrate low-income …
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Community attachment, sense of place, and attitudes toward tourism: a study of residents in the Mt. Rogers area of Southwest Virginia
… to growing concern over the sustainability of natural resource extractive industries such as mining, logging, and energy production, a growing number of rural communities are looking to their natural, cultural, and historic resources as new sources of economic revitalization. Unfortunately, …
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A Longitudinal Study on the Essence of Success Development As Seen by Caribbean Canadian Women in the Storied Landscape of Their Lived Experience
<p>Problem. Caribbean Canadians are often susceptible to negative stereotyping because of issues of social class and length of residence in Canada. This study describes how three Caribbean Canadian young women avoided stereotype vulnerability and journeyed to their definition of success. This …
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