Sentences with phrase «higher than gender»

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Researchers found that companies using GitHub approved code written by women at a higher rate than code written by men, but only if the gender was not disclosed.

Out of the 25 metros, the narrowest gender wage gap overall is in Tampa, Florida, where women make approximately 89 % of the median salary for men — higher than the national average.

So it may come as no surprise that the top five highest - earning elected women serving in governments worldwide, as surveyed by British financial service firm IG Group, coincidentally happen to earn less than their elected male counterparts in an all - gender list of of elected, appointed and lifetime world leaders.

If your child's BMI is in the 85th percentile — meaning it's higher than that of 85 percent of children his age and gender — he would be considered overweight.

References to ordinary people were much more gender balanced, with women accounting for 46.8 per cent of individual citizens, although when you take into consideration that women account for a higher proportion of the electorate than men, this too might be viewed as problematic.

Ghana has also remarkably attained gender parity in education, where the number of girls in school now matches the boys, and even higher than the boys in some areas of the country.

Tragically, more than 13 % of Latina teens have contemplated suicide, rarely seeking treatment and representing the highest rates of depression and suicide among ethnic and gender groups in the U.S.,» said Senator Jeff Klein.

Across all three, the error rates for gender classification were consistently higher for females than they were for males, and for darker - skinned subjects than for lighter - skinned subjects.

For example: regardless of their gender, the most violent prisoners have higher levels of testosterone than their less violent peers.

Because this estrogen - driven pathway would be much weaker in males, the work may both explain the heart disease gender gap and suggest that women who use COX - 2 inhibitors may be at higher risk for atherosclerosis than men, says FitzGerald.

The difference is due to gender disparity in the number of songs, with male singers performing a considerably higher percentage of popular songs than female performers during that time period.

This gender gap is bad news for everyone: Science and society lose talent, while women miss out on potential careers with higher - than - average income and job stability.

Cutting the Gender Scissors - 11 February 2005 More men end up in higher positions in science than women.

In addition, gut microbiota and bile acid profiles may explain gender difference in liver disease as liver cancer incidence is much higher in men than women.

Overall, in the US, the mortality rate for blacks, across age and gender, is almost 18 per cent higher than the rate for whites.

«Our findings indicate that sexual minorities living in communities with higher levels of prejudice die sooner than sexual minorities living in low - prejudice communities, and that these effects are independent of established risk factors for mortality, including household income, education, gender, ethnicity, and age, as well as the average income and education level of residents in the communities where the respondents lived,» said Dr. Hatzenbuehler.

The first perspective maintains that in a culture with a high degree of equality, men and women interpret the world similarly because of more equality in socialization and gender roles, than is the case in a culture with a low degree of equality.

When analyzed by gender and sport, some differences were even more pronounced: Female track and field athletes had the highest prevalence of clinically relevant depressive symptoms — 38 percent, or more than one out of three — making them two times more likely than others in the cohort to have symptoms.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

«This find shows evidence of gender equality, that is, both women and men were able to play leading roles and attain high social status more than 1,000 years ago,» says Solis.

In the study, the overall rate of mental health conditions in transgender and gender non-conforming youth was three to 13 times higher than in those whose gender matched the one they had at birth.

Generally, men have a higher TDEE than women because they have more muscle mass, and both TDEE and BMR tend to fall regardless of gender as you age.

Hip extension angular velocity is affected by gender, being higher in males than in females (Harbili, 2012), and some reports indicate that knee extension angular velocity may also be affected by gender, being higher in males than in females (Gourgoulis et al. 2002), although this has not been confirmed by all studies (Harbili, 2012).

Gender — Men have a BMR 5 to 10 % higher than women.

Fun fact: age, gender and race all effect your metabolic rate (e.g. men have a higher basal metabolic rate than women).

Interestingly, those who ate mostly meat and fried foods and drank alcohol did not have a higher risk of death than those who ate healthy food after the researchers took into account other factors that could affect the results, such as age, gender, race, education, physical activity and total calorie intake.

The association between liver disease and heart disease is stronger than other heart disease risks, including smoking, hypertension, diabetes, male gender, high cholesterol or metabolic syndrome.

Related to the first theory of «high expectations,» we find students assigned to a teacher who shares their race and gender are more likely to say their teacher pushes them to work hard, requires them to explain their answers, not to give up when the work gets hard, and accepts nothing less than their full effort.

This is more than half of the total children out of school, living in countries that feature the deepest gender inequalities, the lowest literacy levels and some of the highest child death rates in the world.

We focus on gender because young women face more obstacles to study / work than men, in part, due to their higher domestic burden and the unequal distribution of non-paid work by sex.

In response to the policy pamphlet, the Church of England's chief education officer Reverend Nigel Genders said: «The Church of England continues to be committed to the provision of high quality RE in schools, which is vital for a balanced understanding of the world today where more than 80 per cent of the population are people of faith.

The study showed that «Explore Learning members» improvement in maths was 30 % higher than that of the comparison group after controlling for gender, age, year group and special educational needs.»

Gender equality is achieved to a higher degree in Norway than in most of the rest of the world, including the regions of Europe that share the same Protestant background as Norway.

Gender gaps in educational attainment, which are not unique to the United States, are more difficult to explain using conventional economic models than gaps based on socioeconomic status or race, because males and females grow up in the same families and attend the same schools.Recent evidence provides one possible explanation for the especially large gender gap in high school graduation rates among blacks and HispGender gaps in educational attainment, which are not unique to the United States, are more difficult to explain using conventional economic models than gaps based on socioeconomic status or race, because males and females grow up in the same families and attend the same schools.Recent evidence provides one possible explanation for the especially large gender gap in high school graduation rates among blacks and Hispgender gap in high school graduation rates among blacks and Hispanics.

Looking at the gender gap, girls made more progress on average than boys, despite any higher prior attainment they may have had.

Multivariate analyses indicate that, when controlling for race / ethnicity, gender, advanced science and math course taking, and GPA, the odds of enrolling in higher education for a student who scored at the advanced level on an occupation - specific exam are greater by a factor of 1.39, and on a workplace readiness exam by a factor of 2.22 than the odds for a student with a score at the below basic level.

Significant interactions appeared in the comparison of Year by gender [F (4,1) = 2.89, p. < 05)-RSB- with girls making substantially higher scores than boys at all Year levels, but with the difference being particularly striking in Year 3.

For example, the consortium found that students» course performance and credits earned in ninth grade are more predictive of their likelihood of graduating high school than their race, gender, socioeconomic status, and standardized test scores combined.

Large gender differences were observed at all age levels with girls presenting at significantly higher developmental levels than did boys of the same age.

Being «on - track» in ninth grade (earning five full - year credits with no more than one semester F in a core class) is more predictive of high school graduation than any other factor, including race, gender, socioeconomics and prior academic achievement, combined.

Freshman year course performance — more than background characteristics such as race, gender, socioeconomic status, or prior achievement — predict which students with disabilities are most at risk for dropping out of high school, according to a new report from the National High School Center at AIR and the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chichigh school, according to a new report from the National High School Center at AIR and the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of ChicHigh School Center at AIR and the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago.

A decade ago, researchers identified ninth grade course completion as the strongest predictor of high school graduation — stronger than race, gender, poverty, or prior achievement combined.

Although most studies report no influence of gender, 188 a few report women «s professional efficacy levels to be higher than men «s. 189 Here, we report interviewee demographic information for descriptive purposes only.

Analysts broke down benefits by the gender and age of the rated driver on the insurance policy and examined rear crashes that resulted in more - severe injury claims (higher than $ 2,000).

The factors that affect your costs include whether your car is new or used, the overall safety rating of the car, your driving record, your age and gender, and even your ZIP code, as certain areas tend to have a higher occurrence of accidents and claims than others.

Yes, she said, Lake County's adoption fees are higher than most: $ 75 to $ 90 for a cat, $ 95 to $ 150 for a dog, depending on size, gender and what sort of immunization each needs.

He also notes that it «is suspected that gender is a risk factor, with females suffering higher rates of constipation than males.»

You might think it's cute, but the dog is telling you he — or she, as either gender can be alpha — is higher ranking than you.

DLA Piper has revealed that its male staff are, on average, paid bonuses 53.6 % higher than women in the firm's UK gender pay gap report, released yesterday (21 March).

Research has highlighted that despite 80 % of UK industries guilty of a gender pay gap, beneath the scrutiny there are industries that actually represent a narrower pay gap, with some of the highest paid jobs in the UK, possessing a less than 10 % pay gap difference.