Sentences with phrase «reports of their socioeconomic status»

4) The test scores of students in the United States relative to the test scores of students around the world aren't all that different than what students» self - reports of their socioeconomic status would predict.

Not exact matches

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.

Ah yes, this is definitely relevant, but due to lack of clear data, hard to decipher the true role, but we can say with certainty that premature babies are far more likely amongst non-white populations and poor socioeconomic status, meaning that the true complication rate is higher than reported.

A study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health found that female students, racial / ethnic minorities, and students of lower socioeconomic status are particularly affected, with teens in these categories less likely to report regularly getting seven or more hours of sleep each night compared with their male counterparts, non-Hispanic white teenagers, and students of higher socioeconomic status, respectively.

Measures of socioeconomic status included poverty - income ratio, a ratio of self - reported income relative to the poverty line, and attained education level.

Instructed to attend to only one of two competing stories — «The Blue Kangaroo» vs. «Harry the Dog,» for example — the children whose parents had received additional attention instruction showed a 50 percent increase in brain activity in response to the correct story compared to children in the other two groups, the authors report online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; their responses matched those seen in adults and children of higher socioeconomic status.

«Interestingly, despite the higher - than - average socioeconomic status of this population, the associations of individual education and neighborhood income with death after heart attack were stronger than those reported in many previous studies,» Mayo Clinic cardiovascular researcher Yariv Gerber, the study's lead author, said in a prepared statement.

The Coleman Report identified the peer group at school as an important factor affecting learning, but several papers in this volume suggest that the socioeconomic status or academic ability of peers has little effect on academic performance.

Although the measures of socioeconomic status in NAPLAN are different from those collected for PISA, the overall results are highly consistent with Jo's quote from the OECD report.

There is wide distribution across school size and students» socioeconomic status, though half of the teachers participating in the survey report teaching in a small city or suburb.

That's part of the reason No Child Left Behind mandated annual testing reported by subgroups such as race and socioeconomic status in the first place.

In June 2015, this working group published a report, «Forum Guide to Alternative Measures of Socioeconomic Status in Education Data Systems,» available at: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015158.pdf.

The need for magnet schools is abundantly clear in light of the recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found that students have become increasingly isolated by both race and socioeconomic status, with the number of intensely segregated schools more than doubling since 2001.

The 1966 Coleman Report — the granddaddy of education studies — found that the biggest predictor of academic achievement is the socioeconomic status of the family a child comes from and the second biggest predictor is the socioeconomic status of the school she attends.

While the overall U.S. performance fell far behind top performers, such as Singapore, Japan, and Canada, the United States made the biggest improvement in equity from 2006 to 2015, increasing its percentage of «resilient students» — defined as disadvantaged students who perform better than predicted by their socioeconomic status — by 12 percentage points, as shown in the below image from the report.

The report found that «a more positive school climate is related to improved academic achievement, beyond the expected level of achievement based on student and school socioeconomic status backgrounds,» and can mitigate the negative effects of poverty on academic achievement.

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 Chicago.

Almost 50 years ago, the congressionally authorized Coleman Report found that the single most important predictor of academic achievement is the socioeconomic status of the student's family, with the second most important being the socioeconomic makeup of the school (Coleman et al., 1966).

The authors also reported a reduction in teenage parenthood and increases in neighborhood socioeconomic status (as measured by the fraction of neighbors with a college education) and savings (as indicated by having a 401k retirement account).

This report calls for fundamental changes in curriculum, assessment, and policy to ensure equity among students regardless of socioeconomic status.

Report the progress of achievement in schools and districts by categories of student — e.g., grade level, racial and ethnic group, socioeconomic status, limited English proficiency, special education.

Beginning with the now - famous evidence reported by Coleman and his colleagues (1966), study after study suggests that socioeconomic status (SES) of families explains more than half of the difference in student achievement across schools; it is also highly related to violence, dropping out of school, entry to postsecondary education and levels of both adult employment and income.

A new report on socioeconomic status (SES) and science learning has found literacy is «the strongest and most consistent predictor of pupils» scientific attainment».

The ALA report points to a number of factors that could explain the disparity, including differences in socioeconomic status, big business behavior and environmental exposure.

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.

* SES, socioeconomic status; CES - D, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; SRQ20, Self Reporting Questionnaire; CIDI, Composite International Diagnostic Interview; PSE, Present State Examination; Mini, Mini-Mental State Examination; CIS, Clinical Interview Schedule; DSM - III - R, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised; DIS, Diagnostic Interview Schedule; GHQ, General Health Questionnaire; HOS, Health Opinion Survey; CIS - CV, Clinical Interview Schedule — Chinese Version; SADS, Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia; CPIS, Clinical Psychiatric Interview, Semistructured; DPAX, Depression and Anxiety; HDL, Health and Daily Living Form.

As an indicator of socioeconomic status, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) scores, based on the English Indices of Deprivation, 47 were assigned to each child based on their reported home postcode, where higher scores indicate greater levels of deprivation.

The findings reported herein suggest that remission of maternal depression over 3 months is statistically significantly associated with reduction in children's current symptoms and diagnoses after controlling for the child's age and sex, baseline symptoms, socioeconomic status (annual household income), as well as severity of maternal depression at baseline, mother's treatment setting, and the child's treatment status over the 3 - month follow - up.

Long - Term Socioeconomic Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect: Implications for Public Policy (PDF - 146 KB) Zielinski Policy Matters (2005) Reports on how maltreatment affects the socioeconomic statSocioeconomic Impact of Child Abuse and Neglect: Implications for Public Policy (PDF - 146 KB) Zielinski Policy Matters (2005) Reports on how maltreatment affects the socioeconomic statsocioeconomic status of adults.

-- Adolescents born to women who received nurse visits during pregnancy and postnatally and who were unmarried and from households of low socioeconomic status (risk factors for antisocial behavior), in contrast with those in the comparison groups, reported fewer instances (incidence) of running away (0.24 vs 0.60; P =.003), fewer arrests (0.20 vs 0.45; P =.03), fewer convictions and violations of probation (0.09 vs 0.47; P <.001), fewer lifetime sex partners (0.92 vs 2.48; P =.003), fewer cigarettes smoked per day (1.50 vs 2.50; P =.10), and fewer days having consumed alcohol in the last 6 months (1.09 vs 2.49; P =.03).

The relationship between depressive symptoms and step count has only been assessed in specific populations with small sample sizes, such as low - socioeconomic status Latino immigrants, 16 elderly Japanese people17 or patients with chronic conditions such as heart failure18 19 or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.20 21 Studies yield contradictory results, with some observing no association between depressive symptoms and daily step count, 19 21 while others report a negative correlation.16 — 18 20 In one cross-sectional sample of healthy older adults, an inverse association between depressive symptoms (using the Goldberg Depression Scale - 15) and accelerometer measured daily step count disappeared after controlling for general health and disability.22 While a systematic review suggests reduced levels of objectively measured PA in patients with depression, 23 it is not known whether this association is present in those at high risk of CVD and taken into account important confounding such as gender and age.

The elevated prevalence of alcohol use disorders among people with psychotic disorders is well documented.1 Among this population alcohol misuse has been linked to a range of adverse consequences including unemployment, lower education level and lower socioeconomic status.2 Studies examining the impact of alcohol misuse on various psychiatric symptoms among people with psychotic disorders report inconsistent findings.3, 4

Others have also consistently reported that breastfed children score slightly higher than those bottlefed on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development or later tests of IQ, such as the McCarthy Scales, after controlling for standard covariates including socioeconomic status (SES), maternal age and education, maternal smoking and drinking, 16, 17 and in one study maternal psychological state.18 Longitudinal studies indicate that these differences persist to 5 years and into school age.

Socioeconomic and ethnic group differences in self reported health status and use of health services by children and young people in England: Cross sectional study

Limitations include possible expectancy bias on the self - report measures, lack of assessment immediately post-intervention, small sample size and generalizable to lower socioeconomic status or more culturally diverse populations.

Kyle W. Murdock, Christopher P. Fagundes; Attachment Orientations, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia, and Stress Are Important for Understanding the Link Between Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Adult Self - Reported Health, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Volume 51, Issue 2, 1 April 2017, Pages 189 — 198, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-016-9842-4

Total scores on the BGMC questionnaires for youths and parents were not significantly correlated with youth's age, duration of type 1 diabetes, or reported socioeconomic status (SES).

Independent of socioeconomic status, Latinos reported lower parental acceptance and higher diabetes conflict with mothers than Caucasians.

Longitudinal studies have consistently reported higher rates of major depression and other psychopathology (anxiety disorders, conduct disorders and substance abuse disorders) in adolescents with an affectively ill parent than in control families with similar demographic characteristics (age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and educational level).

No associations were observed in the other cohorts, and the authors of the report commented that during the early 2000s father involvement might have been more closely linked to socioeconomic status in the UK than in the other three countries.

Socioeconomic status (SES) was assessed using the highest successfully completed educational level of the parents as reported on a Self - Report questionnaire (averaged over both parents).