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Showing 1 to 20 of 117 for “"social inequalities"”.
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Selectivity in Higher Education: Implications for Student Academic Outcomes and Social Inequalities in Italy
… the impact of selectivity in higher education on social inequalities and academic outcomes. It examines how selective admission policies, while aiming to regulate the quantity-quality trade-off of students, often favor those with greater resources, creating barriers for low-income students. The …
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Point-Based Hukou Policy Direction: An Examination of Reproduction of Social Inequalities in China, 2010-14
This doctoral thesis examines the reproduction of social inequalities in China, followed by evaluating the country’s contemporary point-based hukou policy. The hukou system serves as both institutional capital and a barrier, both defining or limiting the distribution of life chances. It can be …
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Explaining Racial Discrepancies in Verbal Memory Assessment with Joint Estimation of Life Course Social Inequalities and Measurement Bias
… differences, quantify the remaining impact of social inequities on performance differences, and evaluate the potential clinical applications of the approach. Utilizing a sample of 2074 cognitively normal adults over the age of 65 who identified as either racially White or Black, the pervasive …
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The role of commonsense understandings in social inequalities in health : an investigation in the context of dental health / Michael Davies.
… of commonsense understandings of disease to social differentials in health outcomes. Argues that understandings in part reflect the social circumstances of an individual and mediate preventive activities and use of services, thereby influencing health outcomes. These are examined using the …
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The spoilt blood that needs nourishment : managing TB in the context of HIV/AIDS, food insecurity and social inequalities in Mbekweni, Paarl.
The use of ethnographic methods unravelled that families face multiple problems in managing the converging impact of TB, HIV/AIDS and food insecurity. The emerging themes in the conversations of many people; 'the food that nourishes the blood' and 'if there was no grant we would die of hunger' …
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Származási hatások a munkapiacon? A társadalmi egyenlőtlenségek a iskolarendszeren kívüli átörökítéséről = Social Origin Effects in the Labour Market? Transmission of social inequalities outside the educational system
Disszertációmban azt a kérdést járom körül, hogy vajon megjelenik-e a szülői háttér, a származás hatása az iskolai pályafutáson túl, a munkapiaci sikeresség alakításában is. Azt vizsgálom, hogy két, egyébként azonos iskolai végzettséggel rendelkező emberre eltérő lehetőségek várhatnak-e az életben …
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Neighborhood social environments and the distribution of low-birthweight in Chicago
Mothers in different social groups tend to have very different health outcomes in pregnancy. Ordinarily, social inequalities in rates of low birthweight (LBW) are discussed in terms of risk factors for these conditions, such as race, income, education, or prenatal care use, which largely focus on …
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FORMAZIONE DELLA FAMIGLIA, FECONDITA' E STRATIFICAZIONE SOCIALE NELL'ITALIA DAL DOPOGUERRA A OGGI
… work focuses on three issues: a) the impact of social position on family formation and fertility; b) the effect of marriage and parenthood on occupational career; c) the differences by social position in the impact of family behaviors on occupational career. By adopting a life-course perspective …
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Reframing School Readiness: Case Studies of African-American and Latina Head Start Parents
… in family life, home school connections, and social inequalities. The current school-parent partnership model fails to acknowledge the ways in which parent roles in education, and the home-school relations in which they are embedded, reflect broader social inequalities that affect students. …
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Examining Urban Poverty, Inequalities and Human Capability Development In The Context of Adjustment: The Case of Vingunguti and Buguruni Settlements, Dar-es-Salaam
This study on “Examining Urban Poverty, Inequalities and Human Capability Development in the Context of Adjustment: The Case of Vingunguti and Buguruni Settlements, Dar-es-salaam” has investigated the association between three interrelated variables, namely human capability development levels in …
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Examining Urban Poverty, Inequalities and Human Capability Development In The Context of Adjustment: The Case of Vingunguti and Buguruni Settlements, Dar-es-Salaam
This study on “Examining Urban Poverty, Inequalities and Human Capability Development in the Context of Adjustment: The Case of Vingunguti and Buguruni Settlements, Dar-es-salaam” has investigated the association between three interrelated variables, namely human capability development levels in …
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Intersections of Gender, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Position in Health in England: A Mixed Methods Study
Background: Social inequalities in health represent one of the greatest challenges to public health today. Traditionally, studies investigating health inequalities have treated gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic position as independent and additive explanatory variables. Consequently, important …
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An investigation into inequalities in parent-child involvement in active play
… involvement in active play and, in particular, social inequalities which may exist for mother-child and father-child participation and facilitation. Following a literature review which pointed to a lack of quantitative evidence, interview data from a contemporary study of families in the UK, the …
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Assessment of the magnitude of geographic variation and socioeconomic contextual effects on children’s dental caries: a multilevel cross-sectional analysis of a population-based sample
… contextual influences are important for reducing social inequalities in dental caries. The objective of this study was to investigate area contextual effects on children’s dental caries. Methods: This cross-sectional study included data from Grade 1 and 2 school children attending schools in the …
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A study of learning, knowledge and processes of reflection within the Worker Education Project
… in a context dominated by the structured social inequalities of race, class and gender, both their roles in society and their various skills and capacities are too often overlooked. This study explores and tells the stories of women's lives as domestic workers and speaks of their …
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Realizing dignity : Dalits rights, land reform, and the learning of democratic citizenship
… the questions: When, and how, are durable inequalities disrupted and democratic citizenship deepened in societies that are politically committed to liberal democracy but have substantial social inequalities? How do law and social movements influence and shape this process? I develop answers …
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Addressing Food Insecurity and Developing Social Resources Through Community Garden Projects In Low-Income Areas: Qualitative Interviews with Outreach Coordinators From Three Urban Agriculture Organizations
… deficits. First, this thesis will address how social inequalities, which are products of structural power, prevent the poor from being properly fed and discuss how urban agriculture programs, specifically community gardens, can reduce food insecurity and build a community’s social resources. …
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Addressing Food Insecurity and Developing Social Resources Through Community Garden Projects In Low-Income Areas: Qualitative Interviews with Outreach Coordinators From Three Urban Agriculture Organizations
… deficits. First, this thesis will address how social inequalities, which are products of structural power, prevent the poor from being properly fed and discuss how urban agriculture programs, specifically community gardens, can reduce food insecurity and build a community’s social resources. …
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What are the effects of Globalization on Economic Growth and Inequality?: An empirical global study
… there is a lack of taking into account social factors that contribute to the significance of inequality. This research therefore branches an innovative approach to form and empirically test accurate proxies as possible, given a set range of available macro data by the World Bank, for …
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THE BRONX COCKED BACK AND SMOKING MULTIFARIOUS PROSE PERFORMANCE
… recounting the historical, personal, social, political and cultural constructs of a city birthed by violence. This body of work is accompanied by video, audio, photography, and theatre performance texts. St. Mary’s Housing project, in the Bronx, is the foundation where most of this …
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