Sentences with phrase «account racial background»

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At the same time, we appear to have one more way to study disease that takes into account the patient's gender, and racial and population backgrounds.»

Racial and ethnic background typically accounts for a majority of the variance in test scores owing to family background.

Another 21 percent of the public are unsure, while fully 63 percent of the public say that school districts should not take into account students» racial background.

To investigate the public's views about race - and income - based enrollment programs, we asked Americans one of two variations of the following question: «In order to promote diversity, should public school districts be allowed to take the racial background [family income] of students into account when assigning students to schools?»

Lastly, we find that high school achievement measures explain much of the racial gaps in BA attainment and annual earnings and some of the gaps by family background, though they account for little of the continuing gender gap in annual earnings.

APB will connect British Columbians who have suffered from various forms of discrimination because of their actual or perceived Muslim faith and / or racial background with lawyers who are committed to assisting them with the difficult and sensitive task of holding the perpetrators to account.

The importance of considering key aspects of the child's background is highlighted — the child's religious persuasion, racial origin, cultural and linguistic background, and a child's particular needs as a result of any disability, must be taken into account in planning for the child.