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Showing 1 to 20 of 108 for “"racial differences"”.
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Determinants of Obesity: Racial Differences
… problem. Studies have shown that there are racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of obesity. However, there is limited research that examines the effects of sedentary and poor lifestyle behaviors and obesity among different racial and ethnic groups. Furthermore, most studies focus …
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Racial Differences in the Gender Gap
… However, there are also significant gender differences among blacks that usually are similar to and at times different from those among whites.
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Racial Differences in Wives' Labor Force Participation
… and early life-course events of the family on racial differences in wives' labor force participation. Previous research had been unable to identify determinants of black wives' labor force participation. Variables that have a large significant effect on the labor force status of white …
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Racial differences in households' financial asset allocation, 1992-2004
… of Consumer Finances, this study investigated racial differences in households' financial asset allocation over the years. This study categorized the financial assets into four categories: equities held directly or indirectly, bonds held directly or indirectly, cash account and other financial …
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Dairy Product Intake and Racial Differences In Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
<p>Many epidemiologic studies have reported a positive association between dairy products and prostate cancer. This association is thought to be generated by calcium or saturated fatty acids found in dairy products. This study utilized data from the North Carolina-Louisiana Prostate Cancer Project …
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Racial differences in television usage among lower-class urban teen-agers
Thesis (M.A.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Communication, 1968
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What Would You Do? Racial Differences in Mental Health Coping Strategies
… survey of Houston, Texas residents, I explore racial and ethnic differences in both formal and personal coping mechanisms, such as exercise, social networks, and religion through binary logistic regressions. The main finding of this study is that the largest differences in willingness to use …
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Psychotropic Medication Use in Older Foster Youth: A Focus on Racial Differences
… Analyses focused specifically on examining racial differences between white youths and youths of color. A proposed model of pathways to medication use was tested using multi-group structural equation modeling, patterns of medication use were examined, and youths were classified into …
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Racial Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness between Blacks and Whites: A Meta-Analysis
… to the health disparities in CVD. However, this racial difference in CRF has not been previously evaluated quantitatively across published clinical trials. The purpose of the present study is to perform a meta-analysis to quantify the CRF differences between Black and White Adults. We …
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Racial differences in cardiovascular responses following an acute bout of aerobic exercise
African-Americans (AA) are at greater risk than Caucasians (CA) for developing hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke and renal disease. An acute bout of moderate aerobic exercise causes a sustained reduction in blood pressure (BP), termed post-exercise hypotension (PEH) in CA. Histamine …
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Modeling Racial Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample
… and mortality, screening adherence remains low. Racial differences in CRC incidence and mortality are well documented in the literature. Racial differences in CRC screening use remain mixed with most studies using race as an independent variable and focusing on racial differences in CRC screening …
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Understanding Racial Differences In Aspiration Realization: Middle Income, Middle Class, And College-Going Behaviors
<p>It is well documented that African Americans attend college at a lower rate than whites. However, African Americans' rate of aspiring to attend college is not lower than whites; rather their aspirations are higher than those of whites. Because there is such disparity between African American's …
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Relationship Among Class Perceptions, Math Identification, and STEM Choice: Examining Gender and Racial Differences
… The second purpose was to analyze the gender and racial differences in the interrelationship of high school students' class perceptions, math identification, and their decisions to select a STEM major in college. These relationships are important because the growth outlook for careers in STEM is …
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Examining Racial Differences in Sympathetic Activity Assessed During Recovery from Exercise in Obese Adolescent Females
… life, particularly females. PURPOSE: To evaluate differences in SO between black (BOA) and white obese female adolescents (WOA). METHODS: Sixty-one BOA (n=49, 13.7±1.6 yrs, 38.1±6.1 kg/m2) and WOA (n=12, 13.3±2.2 yrs, 34.3±4.9 kg/m2) completed a maximal graded treadmill test after which an …
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EXPLORING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTIONS, SELF-EVALUATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INCOME FAIRNESS
… 2011), this study sought to understand the differences in the process of self-evaluation that emerge for different racial and ethnic groups, when taking several social-psychological constructs in to account. Methods: This study uses the Legitimation, Attribution and Self-Verification (LAS) …
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Racial Differences in Student Engagement and Attainment: A Study of Topeka High School, 1939 - 1984
This paper examines the current literature on the achievement and attainment gaps between African American and white students in United States public schools. It specifically examines evidence of student engagement and the attainment gap in Topeka High School. An examination of relevant academic …
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Investigating racial differences in clinical and pathological features of prostate cancer in South African men
… of prostate cancer in men from different racial groups in the Western Cape in an attempt to define the characteristics of the disease locally. Specifically we wanted to compare black with coloured and white patients.
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Turning To The Bottle For Answers: Identifying Racial Differences in Predictors of Risk Drinking Among College Women
Epidemiological data suggest that alcohol use and related problems have increased among college women. The current study examined psychosocial predictors of risk drinking in a sample of college women (N=360), whether race moderated this relationship. Potential predictors included: daily smoker; …
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