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    India 2020

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    HindustanTimes-Print Page 1 of 2 KK Birla May 09‚ 2007 First Published: 00:44 IST(9/5/2007) Last Updated: 03:48 IST(9/5/2007) India 2020 The Indian economy is on the path of rapid progress. In July 1991 the country’s economy was so shattered that India was on the brink of bankruptcy. The Congress won in the general elections of June 1991 and Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister. He took a wise step and made Manmohan Singh the Finance Minister who‚ in turn‚ opened up the economy to the private

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    burden of weight and obesity falling disproportionately on the poor. There is a powerful inverse relation between obesity and socioeconomic status in the developed world‚ especially among African-Americans. So‚ what is responsible for this association? There are at least two possibilities: obesity influences socioeconomic status or socioeconomic status influences obesity. But there is strong evidence supporting the latter as highlighted by the causal pathway between being poor and being at higher

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    Status is the social position a person occupies within a social group with a role that our society expects us to play in a given status. For example‚ a man may have the status of father in his family. Because of his given status‚ he is expected to fulfill a role for his children‚ and in most societies that would require for him to nurture‚ protect‚ guide‚ and educate them. It is quite the same as having the role as mother. Statutes can vary significantly from culture to culture. However‚ in all

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    Status of Nepalese Women

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    Status of women in Nepal About half of the world’s population is of women. In the western countries‚ both men and women enjoy equality of rights. But the situation in most of the Asian and African nation’s women is different. There is a large scaled discrimination between men and women. Discrimination starts from home itself‚ parents treat male and female child differently and have expectations based on the cultural differences (Nalini sastry‚ 2000). Nalini reports socializing process is the

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    Data CHAPTER I Introduction A family’s socioeconomic status is based on family income‚ parental education level‚ parental occupation‚ and social status in the community (such as contacts within the community‚ group associations‚ and the community’s perception of the family)‚ note Demarest‚ Reisner‚ Anderson‚ Humphrey‚ Farquhar‚ and Stein (1993). Families with high socioeconomic status often have more success in preparing their young children for school because they typically

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    Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Background of the Study A socioeconomic status is based on family income‚ parental education level‚ parental occupation‚ and pointed by Demarest‚ Reisner‚ Anderson‚ Humphrey‚ Farquhar‚ and Stein (1993) social status in the community (such as contacts within the community‚ group associations‚ and the community ’s perception of the family)‚ as). Families with high socioeconomic status often have more success in preparing their young children for school because they

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    Does having a lower socio economic status influence the choice to participate in university in Australia?  What reasons might there be for this? Low socio economic status is part of the under-represented group in Australia‚ which also consists of ethnic background and indigenous Australians. People who are classified in the low socio economic group generally have poorer education‚ income and occupational status compared to members of the medium and high socio economic group. This group has a

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    Socio-econimic status (SES) - Quality and quantity of life is directly linked to socio-economic status – education‚ geographical location‚ occupation‚ employment‚ family status‚ etc. Cultural and social capital is made up of norms and networks that enable people to work together in order to achieve common goals. They are linked to improve educational outcomes because it contributes to social support‚ self-esteem‚ common identification‚ perceptions of control. Different social attitudes improve quality

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    on television the night before the article was published. The author of the article‚ Carol Sarler’s‚ opinion on the idea of testing our IQ is unequivocally presented in the subtitle of the article: “The parents who see their bright offspring as status symbols really do need their heads examined.” She thinks that it is absolutely wrong to measure intelligence – especially children’s intelligence. Because of the article’s subjective point of view‚ it is a feature article. In this article Carol Sarler

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    grouping who share similar levels of income‚ status‚ property‚ power and types of lifestyle. Social class is stratified by racial and ethnic groups in many ways but often times seen through residential segregation. Residential segregation is defined as the physical separation of cultural groups based on residence and housing according to the Department of Economics at the University of California‚ Los Angeles. (UCLA‚ 2011) The socioeconomic status (SES) of an individual affects housing options

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