Sentences with phrase «not socioeconomic status»

Brooke Charter School founders understood that teacher quality — not socioeconomic status or race — is the # 1 predictor of student achievement.

Not exact matches

There are a few reasons why these legalistic approaches to gender roles are unnecessary impositions on Christian families and those seeking to participate in the life of the Church and why, without diminishing the importance and value of homemaking or childcare, we should not «shut the door to the kingdom» to families based on their socioeconomic status, unique callings and gifts, household structure, or earning arrangements.

It doesn't make you do anything: It amplifies your best and worst traits, all of which are shaped by your childhood, your socioeconomic status, and your education level, among other things.»

Greater maternal sensitivity and higher socioeconomic status correlated with better behavior in children, although they did not erase the negative effects of long hours in child care.

Factors such as age, socioeconomic status, relationship status, and education did not elevate a -LSB-...]

When kids from lower socioeconomic status see football as one of their only shots at a college education or a successful career, they don't have a choice — they're forced to take the hits for a chance at college.

There isn't much of it, and many of the conclusions drawn could be influenced by other factors like socioeconomic status and parental involvement, to name a few.

We don't all come with the same set of circumstances or family history or socioeconomic status or anatomy.

«Even when the studies did look at free and reduced lunch or socioeconomic status of the kids... they still in many cases did not find a correlation between AP and college success,» Pope said in an interview.

Women who did not breastfeed their children at all were four times more likely to neglect their children, even after adjusting for factors such as low socioeconomic status and education.

That mother - baby bond — whether secure, shaky or absent — has a significant impact on the trajectory of that child's life... not only through childhood and in school, but who that child will grow up to be, what socioeconomic status he or she will have, and how he or she will be as a parent, employee and fellow member of society.

Gay fathers tend to be economically well - off, one means by which their children may garner social advantages relative to other children, while additional research has shown that children of gay fathers did not report differences in sex - typed behaviour compared with parents of other family configurations.58 A large literature shows that parents tend to transmit values to their children along socioeconomic status lines, with middle class parents typically imparting different values from parents in lower socioeconomic strata.59, 60 However, little of this work has examined fathers in particular, as distinct from mothers.

In Canada, where women do not pay for medical care associated with pregnancy and delivery, the difference between home births and hospital births is probably not contaminated by socioeconomic status.

The children we observed tended to be of higher socioeconomic status and were less likely to be of minority race / ethnicity than the children we did not follow up, which could have led to overestimates if the effect of breastfeeding on cognition was much weaker or in the opposite direction in those who dropped out, situations we find unlikely.

Infertility impacts millions of Americans and does not discriminate based on race, religion, socioeconomic status or sexuality.»

Diane: I did wonder if the researchers controlled for socioeconomic status, since children are more likely to eat school lunch when their parents can't afford anything else, and those economically disadvantage home environments may also contribute to obesity.

Factors such as age, socioeconomic status, relationship status, and education did not elevate a woman's risk for the so - called «baby blues».

These women did not differ significantly from those retained to follow - up for race (P >.5), age (P >.7), marital status (P =.10), or educational attainment (P =.06), but they had significantly lower socioeconomic status (P =.01).

Specifically, the decision of whether or not to breastfeed is related to socioeconomic status (SES), maternal mental health, education, attachment history and nurturance.

ANMS, Austin New Mothers Study; GWG, gestational weight gain; IFPS, Infant Feeding Practices Study; NMIHS, National Maternal and Infant Health Survey; NR, not reported; PIN, Pregnancy, Infection, and Nutrition Study; PNSS, Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance System; pp, postpartum; PPWR, postpartum weight retention; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; SES, socioeconomic status; WIC, Women, Infants and Children Food and Nutrition Services.

Mothers who breast feed tend to be older, have a better education, and a higher socioeconomic status, than mothers who breast feed their children for a limited time or not at all.3 15 In some studies the association between breast feeding and cognitive development is not statistically significant after adjustment for such confounders.16 - 20

Race, ethnic differences and socioeconomic status and other factors have been shown to affect a mother's choice whether or not to breastfeed and how long she breastfeeds her child.

In view of the growing body of work evaluating breastfeeding peer support, we have distinguished between this and other kinds of lay support, following the definition by Dennis 2002: «Peer support is provided by lay individuals who are not part of the client's own embedded network, who possess experiential knowledge of the targeted behaviour (i.e. successful breastfeeding skills) and similar qualities (i.e. age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, residency etc.) in order to aid the client during a time of actual or potential stress (i.e. the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding).»

So, lets say a certain wig - wearing candidate were elected president, and he decided to (contrary to certain campaign promises) not commit several violations of the constitution into law; Lets say he was a fantastic president, and brought peace and harmony to all individuals, regardless of race, sex, creed, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, blah blah blah...

Still, socioeconomic status is not destiny, Fernald said.

Being a responsible student, maintaining an interest in school and having good reading and writing skills will not only help a teenager get good grades in high school but could also be predictors of educational and occupational success decades later, regardless of IQ, parental socioeconomic status or other personality factors, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

«Some, but not all, of this link was explained by educational attainment and socioeconomic status in adulthood.»

The study found these relationships despite adjusting for factors such as socioeconomic status but did not look at other factors that contribute to the children's obesity.

The researchers recruited students from a wide income range, although socioeconomic status was not the original focus of their study.

In developed countries, being taller and thinner are associated with higher socioeconomic status, but the directions of these associations are not fully understood.

The study also found that parents» education — one common measure of socioeconomic status — is related to children's performance on tasks of working memory, and that neighborhood characteristics — another common measure of socioeconomic status — are not.

In analysing 28 studies that reported an association between socioeconomic status and bullying, and adjusting for bias, the review showed that bullies were not more likely to come from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and were only marginally less likely to come from the highest socioeconomic levels (2 % less likely).

Policy to reduce bullying in the schoolyard needs to span all levels of society, say researchers from the University of Warwick, who warn that socioeconomic status is not a reliable indicator of whether a child is likely to become a bully.

The researchers also measured socioeconomic status looking at median household income, the percentage of individuals living below the poverty level, and whether or not they had a high school education.

«We do want to test at these higher cognitive levels, but we don't want to increase the performance gaps between male and female students, as well as between lower and higher socioeconomic status students.»

However, until now it had not been possible to pinpoint whether this was simply due to shared environmental factors or socioeconomic status.

The study notes its most important limitation is that although researchers accounted for parental socioeconomic status, they could not adjust for other mitigating factors such as parental criminal histories or experiences of abuse by those in the study group.

«Although this study of clinicians from surgical and other related specialties did not demonstrate any association between implicit race or social class bias and clinical decision making, existing biases might influence the quality of care received by minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status in real - life clinical encounters.

Researchers also analyzed participants» childhood socioeconomic status by asking them to recall their parents» education, home ownership and household amenities but they didn't find a link.

The study revealed, however, that the majority of children, regardless of socioeconomic status, do not consume enough low - fat milk or whole grains on school days, opting instead for packaged snack foods like potato chips or fast - food style items, like French fries, high in sodium and saturated fat.

«However, we also think that traditional measures of childhood socioeconomic status may not accurately reflect the childhood social environments of African Americans, which is quite different from that of U.S. whites because of the history of racial discrimination and segregation.

Existence of underserved or inaccessible populations: Another type of person who might try CAM approaches is one who is not well served by the medical establishment because of socioeconomic status, class, ethnic background, or geographical isolation.

Doing so would also help serve to elevate the socioeconomic status of more students instead of maintaining social advantages, as some college officials worry is happening.3 Long writes, «There is a basic notion in this country of opportunity: Your parents» income (or lack thereof) should not dictate your station in life.»

The child's age, socioeconomic status, and country of origin also played a role, but not enough to override the effect of religious differences, according to the study.

Loyola researchers previously reported that young athletes who specialize in one sport are more likely to suffer serious overuse injuries, but until now this distinction has not been reported based on socioeconomic status.

Children from families of low socioeconomic status generally score lower than more affluent kids on standardized tests of intelligence, language, spatial reasoning, and math, says Priti Shah, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin who was not involved in the study.

He emphasized that the results of the study did not find that the vast majority of MOOC users live in neighborhoods where everyone is well - educated and high - earning — just that the probability of enrolling increases with higher socioeconomic status.

Results showed that patients living in lower socioeconomic areas did not have longer lengths of stay than patients with higher socioeconomic status.

If GRE or PGRE scores are used, the AAS recommends that admissions criteria account explicitly for the known systematics in scores as a function of gender, race, and socioeconomic status, and that cutoff scores not be used to eliminate candidates from admission, scholarships / fellowships, or financial support, in accordance with ETS recommendations.

Eighty - eight percent of respondents questioned the accuracy of current tools for risk adjustment; 85 percent did not think that socioeconomic status was adequately considered, and 82 percent worried that flawed quality assessments would encourage physicians to avoid high - risk patients.