The family structure and socio-economic status plays a role in the use of alcohol among adolescents. ... Clark adolescents from intact families compared to single parent household tend to have less alcohol involvement, while families with lower socio-economic status are associated with higher levels of alcohol use. It is said that adolescents from lower socio-economic status usually has a parent who uses or abuses alcohol (Clark, 2004). ... Additionally, 92% of alcohol consumed by ages 12 to 14 is consumed when binge drinking ( Status Reports, 2005). ... However, new research is showing that ...
The essay highlights a multitude of variables both internally and externally that could lead to military's decision whether to be in favor of or against a revolution against the status quo regime. ... This cohesion can be fragmented by sundry dynamics like religion, an ethnocentric drift between the masses leading to a division of the various religions amidst the military, socio-political rifts, metamorphosis of opinions within the military can be caused by demographic factors like social class or education thus leading to cessation of unity within the forces. ... Given an indicative of t...
It is difficult to give a brief discussion on the causes of crime, as the subject is both broad and technical. This essay provides a brief overview, in simple terms, of what is known about factors that cause crime, and the issues that could make some individuals more likely to become involved in cri...
The economic, social and political subjection of women around the world, the violence brought against them and their confinement to the domestic sphere have been analyzed and denounced in academic studies. ... Violence against women varies according to income, education, age, marital status, employment status, religion, occupational status, and race/ethnicity. ... This automatically disadvantages women in terms of their economic status, educational level, and legal representativeness. ... The VAWS looked at income, education, current occupational status, and employment history. ... Marital sta...
The economic, social and political subjection of women around the world, the violence brought against them and their confinement to the domestic sphere have been analyzed and denounced in academic studies. ... Violence against women varies according to income, education, age, marital status, employment status, religion, occupational status, and race/ethnicity. ... This automatically disadvantages women in terms of their economic status, educational level, and legal representativeness. ... The VAWS looked at income, education, current occupational status, and employment history. ... Marital sta...
Thesis: The prior terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon, have many Americans searching to understand the source of such intense hatred. Extremist-suicide bombers committed a heinous act "unparallel, in recent history. Immediately, America must gain insight as to how terrori...
Every student deserves a chance to be selected regardless of their educational background or socio-economic position. ... It is generally acknowledged that genetic factors play an important role, but differences in culture, socio-economic background, educational opportunity, language, values and customs also need to be taken into account when assessing cognitive ability, or intelligence (De Beer, 2000). ...
Consumerism, the movement or policies aimed at regulating the products, services, methods, and standards of manufacturers, sellers, and advertisers in the interests of the buyer. In India, these things combined equal the positive impacts that India has been experiencing over the last 20 years. With ...
Throughout the history of civilisation the enduring problem of crime has bought with it huge social and economic problems. ... Lombroso believed these unlawful tendencies were manifested because their perpetrators were of a lesser evolutionary status to the rest of society. ... This compared with 19 percent of a control group, although methodological concerns have been raised over the socio-economic background of the control group; who were private school educated, a factor which may have affected their average physique. ... Passingham (1972) noticed differences between the control and test...
And despite God's plan for equality between men and women through Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:28) and the fight for women's emancipation by various advocacy groups and individuals, which has led to a huge progress in the liberation of women in the religious, cultural, political and socio-economic spheres. ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her article, "The Degraded Status of Woman in the Bible"" (2006), discusses this view of the superiority of men over women in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Thus, Christianity was being used for economic/political interests as only Christians were allo...
The implications of this movement have resulted in a global impact that crosses borders, oceans and continents, significantly affecting the social, political, and economic status of each country involved. ... Economic liberalization is the first step towards political reform and hence to democratization. ... Conscious of the role played by domestic, regional, and international power dynamics, these new governments must work to give human rights claims a more formidable stage on which to pursue political reform, while maintaining status with the role of Islam in the political system. ... The ...
It is a major factor of production and a vital element in the socio-economic development of any country or society (FMH&UD;, 2006). ... As a common factor and denominator in the framing and execution of the social and economic policies of nations, Racticliffe (1976), was of the view that the allocation, use and management of land should be done to guarantee access and equity, which the Land Use Act (1978), aimed to achieve in Nigeria. In particular, population increases arising from uncontrolled natural births and rural-urban migration, and a growing commercial sense, have combined to re-orien...
In addition, the National Policy on Women 2009 is considered to be the blueprint progressive and dynamic as a guide to Malaysian women shaping the landscape development of the economic, social and national politics. Step of the formulation also considered in line with the changing environment and future needs, especially in the face of globalization and an increasingly competitive economic climate. ... It is also a drastic step to increase the number of women at the decision-making and encourage synergies of various sectors to improve the socio-economic status of women. ... The first one is de...
Vulnerability of an unadapted society, absence of economic conditions, inappropriate social and moral environment for development of not only some specific minorities or sexual groups but for that of individuality break participation of women in political processes. ... The politics until today remains the destiny of men; family defines the status of women in most cases. ... Shortly, all 103 respondents were people of both sexes, different ages and social status. ... The totalitarian society tried to construct true equality and improve the political status of women; the reforms of socialism ...
Specific options of modern capitalism offer different modes of well-being but they are very similar, namely, in the understanding of the necessity and importance of state regulation in the social sphere, in the knowledge that social justice and social cohesion may benefit economic development and not are pure cost factor, and, conversely, economic development must benefit social cohesion. ... The fundamental debate in politics is hardly ever stop, because the development of society always creates some controversy, as demonstrated by the debate in the EU the same social policy, seeking to find ...
The reduction of transportation costs can increase the country's competitiveness, and economic stability; transportation plays a vital role in a country. ... For an economic well-being and growth the transport system must be efficient and makes the best of each mode at the lowest cost. Securing economic growth in order to create jobs and prosperity, building on the country's inherent strengths, and to meeting the twin challenges of global competition and of a low carbon future. ... The road network is a key part of the national transport system and of the economic and social fabric o...
Hence, as a result to find the answers to the questions raised in the above, gender inequalities, religious interpretations of women and men, economic factors and social discourses will be the key elements which will be discussed in depth throughout the essay. ... In effect, women's work is mostly underpaid or unpaid since women were uneducated and did not possess any specific skills to cope with economic burdens. ... Therefore, this essay tries to argue that gender inequality is an important underlying cause which leads to economic inequalities in the end as well. ...
Economic Few countries in the world can claim to rival Haiti for its negative public image. ... Duvalier's implementation of the Regié Du Tubac ultimately functioned as a means toward the end of securing the financial status of the Duvalier family (Prince, 31). ...
An example of this is single people who have a tendency of purchasing new fashionable items due to the fact that they have no other economic obligations. This is opposed to married people, who have a large economic obligation and thereby they prioritize their economy different (Gunter and Furnham, 1992: 11). ... (Gunter and Furnham, 1992: 5) Furthermore as a result of an increase in the globalization today the geographic segmentation has been linked to other differences in socio-economic and demographic characteristics. ...
The efforts to provide the country with adequate security have been hampered by challenges including inadequate or incomplete training, corruption, economic disparity, factional divisions among ethnic groups, violence, and limited progress of human rights, healthcare, and infrastructure development. ...
Student's age, economic status, school graduated from and their grades in English may come as the potent factor in their reading proficiency. ... It has something to do with the economic status of the students. If the status of the family of the learner is well-off there is a strong correlation that the learner is more exposed to broad reading materials like magazines, novels, and short stories, etc., that will help to them to improve their reading skills, than those misfortunate students whose only materials are those books in schools. ... What is the profile of respondents according to:...
The world has come a long way in the last 100 years not just in terms of economic advancements and blurring geographies for trade, but also in the field of science, specifically medicine and although medicine has evolved extensively over time, and has eradicated most of the diseases that where prevalent in the 19th century, the 21st century has been plagued with fresh set of diseases, known as lifestyle diseases. ... A report jointly prepared by the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum says 60% of all deaths worldwide in 2005 (35 million) resulted from non-communicable disea...
The first category includes such details as the economic, political and social condition in the countries of emigration. ... Our topic put immigrants at the center stage by raising the causes such as the early immigration, condition of exit, and the consequences such as economic, socio-politic and how the country looked for to resolve the issue of entrants and receiving context and the cohesion between black and white people in Britain. ... It is made for many reason including economic political, family re-unification, national disaster, poverty or the wish to change one's surrounding vo...
ABSTRACT The duties and status quo of managers and supervisors* in the U.S. have altered dramatically since the founding of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the establishment of the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA). ... Many factors, such as technological advancement, global economic development, and improvement in working conditions on a national scale have expanded the number of professional workers in the labor force, consequently increasing the number of managerial positions. ...