Sentences with phrase «socioeconomic characteristics»

Talent Development schools see consistently higher attendance rates and lower chronic absenteeism rates than comparable non-TD schools enrolling students with similar socioeconomic characteristics.

«Hotspot» areas of organic adoption have been documented in England, associated with physical characteristics such as soil type and altitude as well as socioeconomic characteristics like population size or distance from urban centers [39].

Controlling for socioeconomic characteristics had little effect on correlations between average quality and racial disparity.

Organizational and socioeconomic characteristics often create differences among Christian schools.

We examined whether larger networks are more effective than smaller ones and found that, both with and without correcting for student and peer socioeconomic characteristics and selection bias, students at schools that are part of networks of three or more schools consistently outperform students at schools in networks of only two schools.

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To find out how the individual states performed in 2000 compared with what we might expect on the basis of conditions in each state, I computed the correlation of completion rates with expectations based on three factors: state average socioeconomic characteristics (family income, education, and occupation); the percentage of two - parent families; and the rate at which students change schools.

All variations in socioeconomic characteristics were only controlled for by matching maltreated children to children of similar demographics who resided in the same state and zip code.

When spouses have similar socioeconomic characteristics, they are much less likely to divorce.

This involved analysing the socioeconomic characteristics of both rebuilt and unaffected residential areas and interviewing hundreds of people: tsunami survivors, newcomers, community leaders, and agency and government officials.

These cultural characteristics included religious and political affiliation, socioeconomic characteristics (median income and education levels), and racial composition.

Once the regional hotspot locations are on the electronic map, other information such as elevation, socioeconomic characteristics and slope becomes available.

NELS also solicited information about each student's gender as well as a variety of other demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

Context: how advantaged the school district is (as measured by an index of test scores and socioeconomic characteristics) and whether the respondent chose where to live based on the schools.

We compare the test scores of students in each of the seven categories, taking into account differences in the students» socioeconomic characteristics, including parent schooling, self - reported household income, the number of non-school books in the home, and the quality of the peer groups (calculated by averaging family background and home resources for all students in the classroom).

Chile had a poorly designed, unfettered universal school - choice program with a flat voucher that was not adjusted for a student's socioeconomic characteristics.

Six schools with similar demographic and socioeconomic characteristics were involved in the study.

Although volunteers» demographic and socioeconomic characteristics are discussed separately below, many are related to each other and interact in predictable ways; for example, income increases with education and marital status changes with age.

Socioeconomic characteristics were similar for the 2 samples.

We conducted multiple linear regression analyses using externalizing symptoms as reported by children through the Dominic questionnaire and multiple child, family and socioeconomic characteristics.

The adjustments reduce potential bias to the extent that the survey respondents and nonrespondents (noncontacts, refusals, etc.) with similar geographic, demographic, and socioeconomic characteristics are also similar with respect to the survey statistics of interest.