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Flavin, Patrick; Radcliff, Benjamin – Social Indicators Research, 2009
We are interested in the relationship between public policies and outcomes measuring quality of life. There is no outcome more final than the ending of one's own life. Accordingly, we test the relationship between public policy regimes and suicide rates in the American states. Controlling for other relevant factors (most notably a state's stock of…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Suicide, Ideology, Social Capital
Erasmie, Thord – 1981
The aim of this study was to describe and compare the socio-economic factors that can be expected to influence the education system in Portugal, where urbanization has been very slow. The report examines basic needs in Portugal's 18 districts and makes recommendations about resource allocation to planners of adult education programs. Extensive…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correlation, Enrollment Rate