Sentences with phrase «indigenous socioeconomic disadvantage»
That is, we know that education is key to turning around current levels of Indigenous socioeconomic disadvantage.
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Additional risk was associated with being Indigenous and with markers of social disadvantage such as low socioeconomic status.
To me, the biggest issues are the achievement gaps, as you said, and the achievement gaps are still there, according to socioeconomic background — disadvantaged students are still achieving at a much lower level than advantaged students or affluent students — and Indigenous students are still performing at a much lower level than non-Indigenous, and rural and remote students are still not achieving at the same levels as metropolitan students.
They define equity, disadvantage and student needs along socioeconomic lines; allocate resources to schools at least partially on the basis of students» backgrounds; and design programs and interventions specifically for low socioeconomic and Indigenous students.
The loadings would cover six identified forms of disadvantage — low socioeconomic background, indigenous background, limited English, rural or small schools and disability.
The social foundations of children's mental and physical health and well - being are threatened by climate change because of: effects of sea level rise and decreased biologic diversity on the economic viability of agriculture, tourism, and indigenous communities; water scarcity and famine; mass migrations; decreased global stability46; and potentially increased violent conflict.47 These effects will likely be greatest for communities already experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.48
In the Indigenous cohort, maternal age at birth (< 20 years: OR = 1.45, 95 % CI 1.30 to 1.60), socioeconomic status (most disadvantaged 10 %: OR = 1.44, 95 % CI 1.24 to 1.67) and parity (three or more siblings: OR = 1.85, 95 % CI 1.64 to 2.08) were associated with increased odds of poor attendance.