Socioeconomics

geographically clustered in areas where there is land for development and/or in neighbourhoods with low socioeconomic status. (11, 23) Due to urbanisation and the increasing population in urban areas, urban housing has become unaffordable to many due to increased interests in the urban property market. Therefore, many households relocated to affordable areas, primarily neighbourhoods with low socioeconomic status, or to social housing complexes and these are often situated outside of urban areas…

The Controversy of Intelligence If you had been raised in a different environment, there are people who will say you would be just as intelligent as you are now, but there are also people who will say you would not have the same intelligence. For many years, psychologists have researched where intelligence comes from. Some say your intelligence is from nature. Some say it is from nurture. Others will say it is a combination of the two. The intelligence of a human has always been a controversy…

Ethnic Minorities And Healthcare Racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive lower quality healthcare than non- minorities. The disparities tend to be deep rooted and very complex because of the layers of inequities. It involves socioeconomic barriers of many different sources. These would include race, religion and economic status to name a few. It acknowledges that black and minority ethnic populations have, until now, experienced poorer health and economic barriers while…

independent variables (Covay & Carbonaro, 2010). They also closely examined socioeconomic status (Covay & Carbonaro, 2010). Family structure and home environment were controlled (Covay & Carbonaro, 2010). The first part of the study was related to how socioeconomic status relates to the level of participation in extracurricular activities (Covay & Carbonaro, 2010). Sixty percent of children with families in the socioeconomic status quartile that is the lowest are involved in an extracurricular…

claim I do not support because public schools are being judged in their ability to reach certain goals without being given the proper resources to do so. The main problems in this case seem to be the inadequate way of funding schools that create socioeconomic segregation that impacts mainly minority students. I think what schools need are radical reforms that provide a more equitable allocation of resources. Other countries, like Finland, have public education with excellent results due to their…

arranged, and therefore, Koreans were not dating. Young adults were formed into couples by their families, village elders, or matchmakers and subsequently married. These artificial relationships were generally based on a combination of the males socioeconomic status and education rather than love, but with time Koreans view of love has changed from viewing it as nothing besides lust and irresponsibility to regarding it as an important piece of a relationship (Yoo 2005). Due to this, Koreans have…

wrong and inferior to that of capitalism. The question that should be asked is whether a country’s economy would excel better while controlled through communism, in contrast to the free economy through capitalism. To decide which of these extreme socioeconomic theories meets the needs of its citizens one must look at the differences and similarities between the two. Capitalism and communism do share some similarities, but they also have indisputable differences regarding their origins, ideology,…

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Illinois afforded the person the status or label of being African American and from a low socioeconomic status. The only diversity of race, for me, was in the public schools of Chicago, the teachers. Chicago has the distinction of being one of the most segregated cities in the United States with the south side having negative core factors in health, housing, education, and employment and crime. My true baptism in diversity arose from a job in my…

Today, the gaps seen in both access to education and educational success is even larger. In fact, today while college applicants from every socioeconomic class are equally qualified, 75% of all entering freshmen classes at top tier American institutions belong to the uppermost socioeconomic quartile. A family’s class determines the amount of investment and involvement parents have in their children’s education abilities and success from their earliest years of life. The cultural resources a…

well-being. Dental decay is an oral epidemic among children in the United States. It is a progressive disease that is not only preventable, but also manageable. For this reason, it is necessary to understand the link between dental caries and low socioeconomic class. As health practitioners, it is imperative to understand a disease that is largely determined by lifestyle choices that parents make on behalf of their children. (Wigen, 2014) Keywords: Childhood Caries, Low Income…