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The patterns of religious adherence in Australia have been changing since 1947. That change has detected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the census data shows significant changes in the religious affiliations. Fig1 shows that the Christians represent the biggest part of the Australian population; it also illustrates the percentage of religious affiliation in 2001-2006-2011 which has been steadily changing. Some of the changes are: the decline in the numbers of Christian believers from…

opportunities, and a better way of life. Today, the United States is experiencing another great wave ripple of immigration, a movement of people that has profound implications of a society that by tradition gives respect to its immigrant roots at the same time it confronts complicated and deeply embedded ethnic and racial division. This great surge of immigration leads to the division of the majority and the minority group. Majority Group is the group that…

single mother struggling to get by day to 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…

began to believe that race comes from a genetic origin. As time continued and the social construct of race changed, race evolved into an ideological way of classifying people. This idea is still prevalent in society today, according to the US Census Bureau, race is used to reflect a social definition as recognized by the government and tries not to define race biologically, anthropologically, or genetically. People can report more than one race to indicate a racial mixture from five categories:…

The United States Multilingualism Have you ever thought in the United States the most frequent language spoken isn’t English? Well now on days the United States is form from many people around the country which everyone brings something when they migrate to the U.S. As children we are taught English that’s the teacher goal for every student to learn English. But in my situation I was taught Spanish throughout the school until I got 2nd grade that’s when they started teaching me English. As…

In 1970, the United States government came up with the word to describe a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. This is a word we are all familiar with when it comes to referring to this group of people. This word is “Hispanic.” At the present time, the United States Census Bureau defines race in five categories and does not specifically define Hispanic with a category of its own. The categories include: white…

Depression. The United States had never endured such a detrimental stock market crash as it did in 1929. Unemployment rates rose to unprecedented levels, crime rates skyrocketed and production plummeted. The Great Crash did not only impact the United States, but all western industrialised countries experienced the economic turmoil. This was due to their trade links with the United States being interrupted. South Africa’s current economic situation is one that can be compared to that of the…

can be fined for not having health insurance, and some employers are cutting employees hours to avoid covering them. A previous flaw from the health care system delivered before PPACA was sign into law was insurance coverage. According to the Bureau of Census, “Up to 129…

The United States is considered a wealthy and industrialized nation. However, the healthcare system in the United States is somewhat flawed compared to other countries since it doesn’t have a universal healthcare system. According to the US Census Bureau, “the percentage of Americans without health insurance was 16.3%, or 49.9 million uninsured people in 2010”. Basically, the rich percentage of the population have the best access and quality of healthcare and medicine. However, if someone…

made by middle and upper class Americans. For a significant portion of the population, this could not be further from the truth. For many families living in poverty, defined as earning less than $24,563 annual income for a family of four (U.S. Census Bureau, 2016), achieving the American dream of working and making a decent living is not probable. While, “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” works for some, there are many low-income families who never break free from poverty. There are…