In 1998, the hungry population consisted of sixty-two percent female, thirty-eight percent male, thirty-eight percent children (under age 18), of whom forty-seven percent are White, thirty-two percent are African American, and fifteen percent are Hispanic. ... Malnourished women are more likely to be sick, have smaller babies, and die earlier, resulting in high levels of infant mortality in areas where chronic hunger is a problem. And where infant mortality is high, birth rates are also high, locking these communities into a vicious cycle of malnutrition and death. Infants who live past inf...

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The aim was to define ways and means to increase the rates of enrolment and attainment in school for young females. ... Educated females have the confidence to seek medical help for themselves and their children. ... This will dramatically lower infant mortality and morbidity leading to much improved general health for the new generation. 3. ... Female education leads to the postponement of family formation and childbearing. ... Through their role as primary caregivers, females have a disproportionate impact on their children. ...

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Other family circumstances can show the complexity of welfare cases, such as female heads-of-household and transportation availability. The term female heads-of-household is defined as a single independent mother. ... Certainly, one can appreciate the extreme circumstances that female heads-of-household in low income and depressed areas must endure. ... Research indicates a correlation between the income gap of the rich and poor to a higher death rate in infants and adults. The death rate of infants and adults increases and life expectancy decreases for all segments of society where the in...

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The main point that Swift makes in his essay is that young infants would be a welcome addition to the tables of wealthy gentlemen, and also decrease the number of poor children begging throughout the streets. ... Swift starts out his paper by describing the scene of Ireland, "The streets crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three children . . . in rags and harassing every person for money." ... His proposal is to butcher infants at the age of one to make a great meal, and also many other benefits. ...

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Especially for say, a upper middle class female living a fairly reasonable lifestyle. ... For instance, these people must deal with low wages, underemployment, malnutrition, high infant mortality and wretched living conditions at a vast scale. ... Brazil's problems began when " the growth of giant sugar plantations starting in the 1950s pushed subsistence farmers off their lands, forcing them to survive on inadequate wages" (Bodley pg 363) Although in 1993 Brazil's GNP reached $2930 per capita and is considered a upper-middle income nation, many of Brazil's inhabitants are impov...

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Also, when considering income levels and female education, life expectancy in tropical regions is seven years lower than in temperate zones. ... For example, in Mexico, the southern states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Guerrero have twice the infant mortality rate and only half of the educational opportunities as the country's northern states (World Politics, pg.42). ...

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Of these, almost 620 million are males and more than 580 million are females; 243 million people, or 23 per cent of the total population, are estimated to be in the age range of 10-19 years. The overall sex ratio (the number of females per 1000 males) for India is 940 females per 1000 males as per 2011 Census, which is an improvement over the 2001 figure of 933. ... Though there has been a substantial decline in overall infant and child mortality and a consequent increase in life-expectancy of the population, the decline has not been sufficient to achieve the Twelfth Plan goal of reduction to...

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She has believed in the truth of man's interested teaching that she is inferior to him The duty of motherhood, which the vast majority of women will always undertake, requires qualities which man need not possess The art of bringing up the infants of the race is her special and sole prerogative. ... We have female CEO's, senators, business owners, you name it, however, in many foreign countries this is not the case. ... There are societies in Africa that carry out female circumcisions to ensure women do not have sex for pleasure. ...

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Homelessness Among the Young: Law Enforcement and Runaway Juveniles. Abstract Throughout my paper, I discussed the question of what it means to be homeless. Several characteristics of this heterogeneous population are mentioned, as well as estimates of the group. Why is it that juveniles are...

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