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Camacho, Adriana; Duque, Valentina; Gilraine, Michael; Sanchez, Fabio – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022
We analyze the effect of Colombia's ambitious "Free Housing" program on children's educational outcomes. The program was generous, giving free housing to beneficiaries in desirable areas. We evaluate the program by leveraging housing lotteries and linking applicants to their children. We find that public housing increases high school…
Descriptors: Public Housing, Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Neighborhoods
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Ramirez, Clemencia; Pinzon-Rondon, Angela Maria; Botero, Juan Carlos – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of child sexual abuse in the Colombian coasts, as well as to assess the role of parent-child interactions on its occurrence and to identify factors from different environmental levels that predict it. Methods: This cross-sectional study explores the results of 1,089 household interviews responded by mothers.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Mothers
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Medina-Jerez, William; Middleton, Kyndra V.; Orihuela-Rabaza, Walter – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
The way in which students view science and its practitioners, particularly during their late elementary and early secondary grade levels, has been at the core of numerous studies dating back to research by Mead & Metraux (Science 126:384-390, "1957"). In this study, we used the Draw-a-Scientist Test Checklist developed by Finson,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Check Lists, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students