Sentences with phrase «even economic status»

Research shows that companion animals can improve health and happiness, regardless of age, health, social or even economic status.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, if the status quo endures, the future is likely to hold more of the same — with the possibility of even more severe challenges to maintaining price and economic stability.

Both Sandra Jansen and Donna Kennedy - Glans appeared to be willing to challenge the status quo thinking in Alberta's conservative establishment, with Ms. Jansen even questioning the holy grail of Alberta's past economic prosperity.

The diffidence and even disdain that Indians are induced to have about their own socio - economic status is pathetic.

And while racial prejudice creates the most obvious form of discrimination, a Christian conscience must be on guard also against economic injustices caused or perpetuated by family status, social stratification, political «pull,» or even by church connections.

This frame of reference calls us to extend compassion to those who are in need no matter ethnicity, gender, religious affiliation (or lack thereof) socio - economic status, or even how they may have treated us in the past (Rom.

Status, social and economic, had come to play the overriding part; the virtues had come, in a way, to be a function, even a decoration, of this important social unit, Instead of being primarily the special calling of a few, the religious life had become the profession of many.

It is this which the contented churchmanship of the eighteenth century seemed to fail to realize — one thinks of such amusing illustrations as Adam Smith's discussion of the ministry in England and Scotland on the basis of its economic status 3 or the even more startling defense of diversity of orders in the Church by Archdeacon Paley on the ground that it «may be considered as the stationing of ministers of religion in the various ranks of civil life.»

Even though the economic picture in the Virgin Islands isn't in great shape, Bellows International is on pace for an average 2 percent growth per year on an annualized basis thanks to its status as the leading distributor.

She says that women who are poor are having children at a higher rate (and unplanned pregnancies at an even higher rate than that) while women with higher economic status are having fewer and fewer children.

Referencing the report, «Homelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.»

Children who grew up in disadvantaged households will age in poorer health, even if their socio - economic status improves as adults.»

Stymied by the slow pace of the negotiations — which they are not even allowed to participate in — these so - called «subnationals» have worked on the sidelines for years, using political will, economic leverage and the celebrity status of prominent politicians to advance their climate goals.

These results remained significant even when other factors affecting health were taken into account, such as socio - economic status, education, weight, existing disease and level of physical function.

Even after making statistical allowances for factors such as psychiatric disorders, economic status, and prior violent acts, they found that those who watched 1 to 3 hours of TV per day were about 60 % more likely to get in a serious fight, threaten someone, or use a weapon to commit a crime than those who watched less than an hour a day.

People with higher scores were also less likely to die from injuries and dementia, even when socio - economic status was taken into account (BMJ, doi.org/b87h).

Being viewed as proficient or expert in activities other than food production — the ritual expert or shaman, for example — may buy someone status even when his economic productivity is waning, but only up to a point, Gurven continued.

The difference persisted even after the researchers corrected for differences in the participants» social, economic and physical health status.

Significantly, however, the study found that the link between the behaviors and the lower risk of obesity held even after they controlled for a family's economic status and other factors, which suggests that the behaviors are beneficial regardless of a family's circumstances.

They may lie about everything, things like marital status, their physical appearance, age, economic status, and even gender.

Cognitive control actually turned out to be astonishingly powerful as a predictor of life success — stronger than childhood IQ or even the social and economic statuses of the child's family.

Importantly, students attending schools where teachers are more supportive and have better morale are less likely to be low performers, while students whose teachers have low expectations for them and are absent more often are more likely to be low performers in mathematics, even after accounting for the socio - economic status of students and schools.

In addition, in schools with larger concentrations of low performers, the quality of educational resources is lower, and the incidence of teacher shortage is higher, on average across OECD countries, even after accounting for students» and schools» socio - economic status.

In some countries, there are also large differences among students from different home backgrounds and in 23 countries and economies, students without an immigrant background reported a stronger sense of belonging than immigrant students, even after accounting for socio - economic status.

PISA results show that, even after accounting for differences in performance and socio - economic status, girls who perceive that their parents encourage them to be confident in their abilities were 21 per cent less likely to report that they feel tense when they study, on average across OECD countries.

PISA results show that, even after accounting for differences in performance and socio - economic status, girls who perceive that their parents encourage them to be confident in their abilities were 21 % less likely to report that they feel tense when they study, on average across OECD countries.

So that's what teachers and schools need to address: Even after accounting for students» performance, gender and socio - economic status, students who said their teacher adapts the lesson to the class's needs and knowledge were less likely to report feeling anxious when they are well prepared for a test, or to report that they get very tense when they study.

New analysis of MySchool data and 2017 Victorian Certificate of Education year 12 results shows that public schools with similar Index of Community Socio - Educational Advantage (ICSEA) rankings or Socio - Economic Status have very similar or even better VCE results than private schools.

It might even provide an opening for communities to have greater diversity by socio - economic status knowing that since the balance on whole (the mean) was the grading criteria there would be room for greater deviation.

They can reject students based on economic status, academic achievement, disability and for some schools, even gender.

He explains that since about half of the achievement gap between children from higher and lower economic statuses at age 10 already exists at age 5, education interventions need to start even earlier.

Even more stunning is that while in 1994, parental education was the strongest predictor of SAT scores, in the last four years of the study, status as a member of an underrepresented minority overtook both parental education and socio - economic status as the strongest predictor of SAT scores.

And with over 190 million inhabitants, Brazil's general population growth pushes lower - income people to the borders of affluent city centers, making the differences in socio - economic status even more obvious.

Regardless of your economic status or even if you'd like to be a passive investor or an actively managed dividend growth investors.

So there we were, Christmas approaching, and in spite of us both feeling a wee bit gloomy about our current economic statuses, we were cheerily sitting in the local pub one evening, with Thomas telling me all these wonderful stories about the people and experiences of working on Savile Row.

When outsiders threatened to invade the bar's homogeneity, the profession reacted harshly and often without much reflection... By contrast, when social, economic or technological change was occurring around the profession, the profession's calm became intractability and myopia... In either event, the profession sought the status quo and resisted «innovation and change that was being demanded,» even when change was inevitable or desirable.

We can even have sympathy for those who may have performed less competitively than their peers at Law School because they were more likely to be from an economic status that required them to work a job at the same time, thereby limiting the amount of time they can devote to re-editing that essay or re-reading course notes.

Some parents combine several parenting styles depending on how they were raised, their education and sometimes even their academic accomplishments and economic status.

Despite the significant impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22

A child's relationship with a father figure or stepfather has long been identified as problematic, even after taking account of father figures» typically lower socio - economic status (King, 2006; Marsiglio & Hinojosa, 2010).

These included specific learning disabilities (such as with reading, writing, mathematics), low socio - economic status, low motivation, prior achievement difficulties, and even aspects of personality, such as low conscientiousness or high neuroticism.

There isn't one minority group that's meeting all of these benchmarks, and even middle - class families of color have a very tenuous hold on their economic status.