Sentences with phrase «whether socioeconomic differences»

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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 addition to surveying and ruling out intelligence and socioeconomic status as possible explanations, the team explored whether differences in upbringing could play a role.

[12] We investigate the degree to which schools vary in the gap between high and low socioeconomic status students, and then see whether these differences can be explained by differences in the pre-school preparation of high and low socioeconomic status students.

This article reviews the details of the bonus program, describes patterns of differences between schools that qualify for bonuses of differing amounts, and presents basic data to address the question of whether the bonus program has improved student achievement, or has led to a narrowing of racial or socioeconomic achievement gaps.

Our school profiles now include important information in addition to test scores — factors that make a big difference in how children experience school, such as how much a school helps students improve academically, how well a school supports students from different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups, and whether or not some groups of students are disproportionately affected by the school's discipline and attendance policies.

Population average models were used to account for the longitudinal study design and correlation of repeated measurements, and an interaction term between maternal education (our socioeconomic measure) and age was included in order to examine whether differences in health inequalities by age were statistically significant.

First, this investigation examined whether there were differences between Caucasians and Latinos in parent — adolescent relationship quality (mother and father acceptance and diabetes conflicts with mothers and fathers) and whether any ethnic differences remained independently of socioeconomic factors.