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Pearson, 2020
This survey was conducted on behalf of Pearson from June 8-14, 2020 by The Harris Poll, a global market research firm based in New York City with over 50 years of history in polling. This 20-minute online survey was completed by 7,038 people aged between 16-70 years old across the globe. All data in this report show general online population data…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, Cross Cultural Studies, Age Differences, Gender Differences
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Duncan, Greg J.; Morris, Pamela A.; Rodrigues, Chris – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Social scientists do not agree on the size and nature of the causal impacts of parental income on children's achievement. We revisit this issue using a set of welfare and antipoverty experiments conducted in the 1990s. We utilize an instrumental variables strategy to leverage the variation in income and achievement that arises from random…
Descriptors: Family Income, Preschool Children, Attribution Theory, Academic Achievement
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Carter, Sarah – Great Plains Quarterly, 2009
In May 1910 Mildred Williams, a young teacher in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, made headlines across Western Canada for her pluck and stamina as she waited for twelve days and nights on a chair on the stairs outside the door of the land office in Saskatoon to claim a homestead. She was determined to file on a half-section (320 acres) of valuable land…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Females
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Arbour-Nicitopoulos, Kelly P.; Kwan, Matthew Y. W.; Lowe, David; Taman, Sara; Faulkner, Guy E. J. – Journal of American College Health, 2010
Objective: To study actual and perceived substance use in Canadian university students and to compare these rates with US peers. Participants: Students (N = 1,203) from a large Canadian university. Methods: Participants were surveyed using items from the National College Health (NCHA) Assessment of the American College Health Association…
Descriptors: College Students, Substance Abuse, Marijuana, Cultural Differences
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Zeglen, Marie E. – Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 1979
Results of the 1978 Senior Survey of veterinary college graduates in the US and Canada are presented. Included are: (1) response to the survey, (2) employment characteristics, (3) geographical distribution, (4) licensing patterns, (5) locational preferences, and (6) summary and conclusions. The survey form is appended. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Certification, Employment Patterns, Females, Geographic Distribution