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    QUESTIONNAIRE 1) What do you think is the main cause of poverty in India? Unemployment Poor parenting skill Lack of free government institutions Urbanization 2) What do you think is the main cause of crime in India among the poor? Unemployment Poor education support The absence of social control Urbanisation Any other- please specify 3) Do you think crime is more prevalent among the lower social standings or among the higher class? Higher class Lower class 4) Do you think

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    bachelor’s degree. Thirty-eight year after this that number had grown 18 percent (Aldeman). Out of all the number that were looked at during this research it was clear that college dropouts are a bigger problem in today’s society than high school dropouts. In America‚ today there are just over twenty-nine million college dropouts compared to twenty-four and a half million high

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    Poverty is the state of being poor‚ and in America‚ over fourteen million people are unemployed according to the playspent website (n.d.). Poverty line is when an individual’s income does not cover necessities. Near poverty are individuals earning twenty-five percent above the poverty line (Boundless‚ 2016). There are two different types of poverty causes: individual and social. According to Boundless (2016)‚ someone living in social property is probably illiterate since they do not have access to

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    Teenage Pregnanacy

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    TEENAGE PREGNANCY Introduction This document presents an analysis of teenage pregnancy as social issue. How society looks at teenage pregnancy and impact on other categories. This document also represents facts about teenage pregnancy‚ impact to society and suggestion on how to improve the situation. This document discusses different methods for research and uses some example of methods to provide analysis of teenage pregnancy and effect to society. Important for Sociological Consideration

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    2017 Poverty and Inequality in the United States Capitalism demands that “wealth is on top and debt is on the bottom” (Salon.com) Income inequality rates are higher in the United States than any other developed democracy and the rates are growing. Large corporations and the top 1% get breaks that the middle and lower class do not. Such as tax breaks‚ bailouts‚ and bankruptcy laws being loosened. It can be argued that capitalism is the number one cause of poverty. In order for

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    THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF INCREASE IN MALE DROPOUT IN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. STUDY OF ONITSHA NORTH-ANAMBRA STATE. ABSTRACT The specific purpose of this research is to investigate the causes and effects of increase in male dropout in our educational system in Anambra State. To carryout this research‚ five (5) research questions were developed from which questionnaire items were structured. A total of one hundred and fifty respondents made up of teachers were used. Data were collected‚ analysed

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    What are the Causes and Effects of poverty in the United States? Jose Flores Blackstone Academy Charter School Are all Americans grateful for the things they have? What if Americans do not to have the proper basic needs? Many Americans do face this situation and it is called poverty. The top three causes of poverty in United States are lack of education‚ unemployment and the high cost of health insurance. Americans can overcome the high rate of poverty and alleviate their struggles

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    Dropout Review Paper

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    Running head: DROPOUT REVIEW Dropout Review and Intervention Final Paper Richard W. Fill Arizona State University EDP 514 May 14‚ 2008 Abstract Each year (US Department of Education‚ web site)‚ almost one third of all public high school students and nearly one half of all blacks‚ Hispanics and Native Americans do not graduate from high school. Our text (Aries‚ p. vii) points out that there is a psychological and behavioral transition

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    personal‚ and social. Among the well documented includes school dropouts‚ developmental and health problems‚ depression‚ poverty‚ etc. 4. (Dilworth‚ 2004) It’s found that literature on teenage pregnancy mostly focuses on the negative consequences of being a teen parent though there are teen parents who said that they enjoy being so and the child has brought more joy to the family. 5. Mariah Kilgore‚ The situation of teenage pregnancy has grown abundantly throughout the United States. Sex

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    College Dropout Analysis

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    College dropouts is normal to have on a college campus. Most people tend to think the same thing about college dropouts –they drop out because it didn’t work for them or they are not intellectually prepared for college. Moreover‚ there are reasons that are not mentioned the most. Money. Money plays a huge factor with college attendance and college dropout and most of the time it is overlooked as a reason. My older sister‚ whom is African American‚ was not able to finish her 4-year degree at college

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