Many authors are quite aware that gender greatly influences many important decisions that occur in our society. Sometimes, those crucial decisions that are being affected by our genders can attend to several problems to arise. One of those problems can be pointed out by Sheryl Sandberg the chief operating officer (COO) of Facebook and the author of “Lean In: What Would You Do If You Weren 't Afraid?” She pointed out in her article that because of gender, females are discouraged from entering…
Tibeto-Chinese family of language. The Bodo language is spoken all over Assam, Arunachal, Nepal, Bhutan, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, West Bengal and Bangladesh. The Bodos are known as “Mech”. The population of Bodo speakers according to 1991 census report was 1,984,569 (Bodo1,324,748), (mech 659,821) and now at present it has exceed above 40 lakhs. The Bodo language…
Discussion Questions: 1. Political socialization is influenced by family, region, and religion. Political socialization is most influenced by the family and parents of the individual as these beliefs are intentionally or unintentionally preached to the child from a young age. 2. Starting with the Vietnam War and Watergate, the confidence in the government has drastically declined. Watergate shocked the American public, as they discovered corruption at the highest office in the country. It was…
day when in reality, less than five percent of minimum wage workers are single mothers, struggling to get by. Under three percent of all workers in the United States earn minimum wage or less. Data from both the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau shows that most minimum wage earners are part-time workers and below the age of twenty-five. Very few of them live below the poverty line or are supporting families with their salary alone; in fact, their average…
Historically, immigrants have been highly concentrated in just a few places, settling in ethnic neighborhoods of metropolitan areas such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and various cities in Texas including Houston and Austin. Building on this history, the contemporary story entails the arrival of immigrants to established immigrant gateways with well-defined service infrastructures and a receptivity that aids the integration process. Within the past few decades…
1 The United States Counts its population every ten years, and each census reveals that the country’s racial, and ethnic mix is changing dramatically. So, by the year 2050, the “average” person in the country will not be descended from Europeans, but the majority of them will trace their ancestry to Africa, Asia, and the Hispanic world, the Pacific Islands or the Middle East. 2 Once the United States was a microcosm of European nationalities, today it is a microcosm of the world. 3 The United…
in group membership and levels of social trust for English-speaking individuals who are 18 years old and older in 39 states. Post stratification was based on race, the distribution of age, and education. The Housing Summary Tape File 3A and 1990 US Census were used to measure household size, income, and poverty. In addition, the levels of social trust was assessed from two questions: “Do you think…
Sarmiento, a writer from Argentina; he compares different societies and criticizes the gaucho who were considered to be cowboys. In the second primary source, it is a document issued by the Nicaraguan government targeting local agents who help conduct the census; it discusses…
some religion existed on every block, every corner, and every street of St. Paul, Minnesota. Almost all of the 202,000 people that lived in the St. Paul-Minneapolis area of the early 1900s attended some type of religious service. “In 1900, the U.S. Census of Religious Bodies counted 161 church organizations in St. Paul” (Carole Zellie & Garneth O. Peterson, 16). During that time, the city of St. Paul was one of hundreds in the United States that grew based on religion. The city was centered on…
The U.S Census Bureau defines baby boomers as those employees born between 1946 and 1964. Accordingly, this generation is currently in the mid to late part of their careers. In a public accounting firm context, the baby boomers are most likely serving in the most senior-level roles (e.g., managing directors and partners). Baby boomers grew up in an era where work was equated with self-worth and personal fulfillment. Baby boomers believed that hard work and sacrifice were the price to pay for…