Sentences with phrase «among races and ethnicities»

Not exact matches

The achievement gap between low - income and wealthy students has grown significantly, exacerbating socioeconomic and racial tensions and heightening the sense of inequality among various underserved communities, as large achievement gaps in educational outcomes based on race and ethnicity remain, or by some accounts, even worsen.

While Asian (29 %) and Hispanic (27 %) newlyweds are most likely to intermarry in the U.S., the most dramatic increases in intermarriage have occurred among black newlyweds, 18 % of whom married someone of a different race or ethnicity, up from 5 % in 1980.

Future research on race / ethnicity and perinatal outcomes should examine heterogeneity among these groups before collapsing these individual subgroups into the larger group «Asian.»

RACE / ETHNICITY Among full - time workers in 2016, Hispanic or Latina, American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN), black or African American, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (NHPI) women had lower median annual earnings compared with non-Hispanic white and Asian women.

The study, «Electronic Cigarette Use Among College Students: Links to Gender, Race / Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking» found in the Journal of American College Health connects e-cigarette use in colleges to high rates of alcohol consumption and other factors such as: gender, race / ethnicity and traditional cigaretRace / Ethnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking» found in the Journal of American College Health connects e-cigarette use in colleges to high rates of alcohol consumption and other factors such as: gender, race / ethnicity and traditional ciEthnicity, Smoking, and Heavy Drinking» found in the Journal of American College Health connects e-cigarette use in colleges to high rates of alcohol consumption and other factors such as: gender, race / ethnicity and traditional cigaretrace / ethnicity and traditional ciethnicity and traditional cigarettes.

Towne and colleagues also found that race and ethnicity, education level and income affected prevalence rates: People with lower income or lower educational levels had a higher prevalence of diabetes, and the diabetes rates were highest among American Indians or Alaska Natives, followed by African Americans and Hispanics.

Men are more likely than women to develop melanoma; the death rate varies by race and ethnicity and is highest among white people.

Dana Dabelea, M.D., Ph.D., of the Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colo., and Elizabeth J. Mayer - Davis, Ph.D., of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and colleagues with the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, examined whether the overall prevalence of type 1 and type 2 diabetes among U.S. youth has changed in recent years, and whether it changed by sex, age, and race / ethnicity.

Incidence rates of hyperlipidemia were similar among all race - ethnicity groups with the exception of American Indian / Alaskan Native service members who had much lower incidence rates of hyperlipidemia between 2003 and 2012 than service members of other races and ethnicities.

Additional studies evaluating the mechanisms by which race / ethnicity, infertility diagnosis, and day of embryo culture affect perinatal outcomes in both autologous [donor and recipient are the same person] and donor IVF pregnancies are warranted to develop preventive measures to increase the likelihood of obtaining a good perinatal outcome among ART users,» the authors write.

It is generally advisable to provide race and ethnicity information because these factors, among many, may be used by an institution in selecting applicants and identifying possible scholarship and fellowship opportunities.

In one study, Alicia Fernández, M.D., of San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco, and coauthors examined the association of patient race / ethnicity, preferred language and physician - patient language concordance with adherence to newly prescribed diabetes medications among Latino and white patients.

When researchers examined the survey results for race and ethnicity, they found increased breast density awareness among white, non-Hispanic women relative to minority women.

Although the average consent rate within each donor service area, when accounting for the race / ethnicity and other factors among the eligible deaths, was between 75 and 80 percent, the consent rates fell below 70 percent in nearly a quarter of the donor service areas.

The observed association between usual percentage of calories from added sugar and increased risk of CVD mortality was largely consistent across age group, sex, race / ethnicity (except among non-Hispanic blacks), educational attainment, physical activity level, HEI score, and BMI (Figure 2 and Supplement [eTable 1 and eFigure]-RRB-.

However, we observed a marginally significant interaction between percentage of calories from added sugar and race / ethnicity (P =.09), and the pattern of this association was observed in other groups but not among non-Hispanic blacks (Supplement [eTable 1]-RRB-.

The reported plain water intakes did not differ among race - ethnic groups; however, race - ethnicity was a significant correlate of reported intakes of moisture in foods and beverages and total water.

This would permit you to search for a potential partner based on various parameters that include race, ethnicity, body type, eye color, marital status and drinking / smoking habits, among others.

On the other hand, the advanced search is a step ahead and allows users to find members based on several criteria such as ethnicity, race, province and horoscope among others.

Younger daters of all ethnicities, nationalities, races, and backgrounds flock to Zoosk because their app is among the best of the best.

There were proposals to, among other things, hold schools accountable only for the progress of the lowest - performing students in the bottom quintile; not disaggregate data by race and ethnicity; require states to deal only with the lowest - performing schools; or ignore test results altogether as an accountability tool.

Differences in students» school experiences based on race / ethnicity, LGBTQ status, gender nonconformity, and geography (i.e., urbanicity, region), among others.

This is actually the largest level of support among various races and ethnicities.

This brief reveals a significant level of absenteeism in the early school years, especially among low - income children, and confirms its detrimental effects on school success by examining children from across various incomes and race / ethnicity groups in a nationally representative sample of children entering kindergarten.

Commonly known as the «Anti-Affirmative Action Proposition,» among other things, it prohibited ``... the state, local governments, districts, public universities, colleges, and schools, and other government instrumentalities from discriminating against or giving preferential treatment to any individual or group in public employment, public education, or public contracting on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.»

In presenting this definition of equity, we recognize and acknowledge that significant disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes exist among students based on socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, gender, special needs, English language proficiency, sexual orientation, and geography, which result from a history of systemic, economic, political, and moral inequity.

Despite these gains, the rate of progress has varied among these racial / ethnic groups and differences by race / ethnicity persist in terms of increases in attainment and progress on key indicators of educational performance.

One of the primary policy goals of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), and the inspiration for its name, has been closing achievement gaps among groups of students defined by race, ethnicity, income, and other characteristics.

Our data also allow us to estimate effects separately by race and ethnicity, and we find that historically under - represented minorities experience the highest returns in the upper tails of the earnings distribution, particularly among UT - Austin and community college graduates.

When teacher salary schedules first came into vogue in the early 20th century, they were designed to equalize wages among public school teachers across race, ethnicity, and gender.

The 2005 results are compared to the results of earlier transcript studies, and differences among graduates by race / ethnicity, gender, and parent education are examined.

Among all other voucher programs, only five collected and reported information on students» family incomes, just two of the programs collected and reported information on English Learners, and still other programs failed to report information on students» gender, race, and ethnicity.

As choice spurs competition among students, the process results in unequal outcomes depending on their access to information which is often correlated with race / ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Hairstyles and shoes are among his favoured subjects with work often subtly alluding to issues of race, ethnicity, culture, gender and sexual equality.

The project brings together a group of directors and playwrights recognized for their diverse approaches to staging across various identifications of class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and ability, among others, to collaborate with a resident company of actors chosen by them for this project.

The project brought together a group of directors and playwrights recognized for their diverse approaches to staging across various identifications of class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and ability, among others.

Showcasing work by 29 artists of varying race, ethnicity and gender (including David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Pat Ward Williams, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Lyle Ashton Harris and Andres Serrano, among others), the show, through installation pieces, photography, sculpture, film and video, presents a range of representation — images that «challenge and transform the «negative» stereotypes,» «real and imagined,» writes Golden in the exhibition catalogue.

Development challenges, such as gender inequality and low levels of education, and other differences among communities in age, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and governance can influence vulnerability to climate change impacts in complex ways.

At Southwestern, we have also developed a variety of initiatives.21 One is a vehicle for me as dean to teach first - year students at the beginning and end of their six - credit legal writing course entitled LAWS (Legal Research, Analysis, Writing, and Skills).22 At the beginning, I present data from the After the J.D. study, which is a longitudinal study following close to 5,000 lawyers admitted to the bar in the year 2000.23 The project is headquartered at the American Bar Foundation and involves the NALP Foundation among others.24 We have data from three years and seven years and will soon collect a third wave of data.25 I do a PowerPoint presentation that shows our students what difference it makes in early careers where one attends law school; what city or region one chooses to begin the career; what law school grades are received; gender, race and ethnicity effects; earnings in various settings; and the job satisfaction of people in different positions.

Among the mothers reporting race / ethnicity, the sample included 116 white (71.2 %), 33 African American (20.3 %), 3 Hispanic (1.8 %), and 2 Indian (1.2 %) mothers.

Because media use practices and motivations vary among families from different backgrounds, 21 we also aimed to study whether these associations vary by family characteristics, such as socioeconomic status (SES), primary language, and race / ethnicity.

The role of race / ethnicity and HIV risk behavior among community adolescents.

A new study by the Guttmacher Institute released last week, U.S. Teen Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity, found that pregnancy rates have declined dramatically among all teens over the past two decades, and that these declines have been primarily driven by improved use of contraception, particularly increases in the use of highly effective methods and dual use of contraception and condoms.

Prevalence and correlates of erectile dysfunction by race and ethnicity among men aged 40 or older in the United States: from the male attitudes regarding sexual health survey.

Prevalence and Odds Ratios (ORs) of Comorbidity Among Female Juvenile Detainees With Affective, Substance Use, Anxiety, and ADHD or Behavioral Disorders by Race / Ethnicity *

To estimate 6 - month prevalence of comorbid psychiatric disorders among juvenile detainees by demographic subgroups (sex, race / ethnicity, and age).

Prevalence and Odds Ratios (ORs) of Comorbidity Among Male Juvenile Detainees With Affective, Substance Use, Anxiety, and ADHD or Behavioral Disorders by Race / Ethnicity *

Rigorous scientific analyses will identify interactions among early care and education characteristics, hours in care, and family and child characteristics (race / ethnicity, income, child gender) in predicting children's school readiness.

His research centers on several main issues: (1) the implications of religion and spirituality for mental and physical health and mortality risk; (2) religious variations in family life, with particular attention to intimate relationships and childrearing; (3) the role of religious institutions, practices, and values among racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States; (4) the influence of religious factors on political attitudes and policy preferences; and (5) public opinion surrounding issues of race, ethnicity, and immigration in the contemporary United States.

«The Couple that Prays Together»: Race, Ethnicity, Couples» Religious Involvement, and Relationship Quality among Working - age Adults.