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Celik, Ömer; Sezer, Süreyya Yonca; Karadag, Mustafa; Savucu, Yüksel; Tel, Mikail; Celikel, Baha Engin – International Education Studies, 2017
In this study, the level of adequacy of sports facilities in Bingöl province in terms of popularization of sports in the city and the general tendency of the citizens of Bingöl province towards sports were examined. A total of 610 volunteers from various professions, age groups and gender groups from Bingöl city center participated in this study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Facilities, Athletics, Attitude Measures
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Ersanli, Ercümend; Korkut, Mustafa – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The aim of present study was to investigate whether the mental well-being of health care workers associated with gender, age and marital status. Data were collected from 115 health care workers (doctors, physiotherapist, nurses, etc.) from a Turkish Medical Research and Application Center. They completed a demographic information form and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health, Gender Differences, Age Differences
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Edet, Itari Paul; Bullem, Anthony Godwin; Okeme, Isaac – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study investigated the extent to which personal factors relate to the utilization of development information in the rural communities of South-South Geo-political Zone, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population comprised all adult male and female rural dwellers from the three out of the six states in the Zone…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Utilization, Rural Development, Influences
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Isawumi, Oyeyinka David; Oyundoyin, John Olusegun – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The study examined home and school environmental factors as determinant of social skills deficit among learners with intellectual disability in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted survey research method using a sample size of fifty (50) pupils with intellectual disability who were purposively selected from five special primary schools in Lagos…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Educational Environment, Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Competence
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Wu, Li-Wei; Lin, Lan-Ping; Chen, Si-Fan; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Loh, Ching-Hui; Wu, Chia-Ling; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The study aims to explore knowledge and attitudeSs regarding cervical cancer screening and to examine its determinants based on the perspectives of Taiwanese women with physical disabilities living in the community. A cross-sectional survey was employed in the study, and we recruited 498 women aged more than 15 years who were officially registered…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Females, Physical Disabilities, Familiarity
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Mauldin, Teresa; Bowen, Cathy Faulcon; Cheang, Michael – Journal of Extension, 2013
The study reported here examined the differences in barriers to savings among low- to moderate-income households who do not save regularly. Characteristics associated with individuals who perceived they could and could not save included age, presence of child under 18 years of age, and gender. Having no money left over, being late on bills and/or…
Descriptors: Money Management, Low Income Groups, Family Income, Barriers
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Aikins, Ross D.; Golub, Andrew; Bennett, Alexander S. – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: To identify the prevalence of substance use and mental health problems among veterans and student service members/veterans (SSM/V) returning from Iraq and Afghanistan to New York City's low-income neighborhoods. Participants: A sample of 122 veterans attending college and 116 veterans not enrolled recruited using respondent-driven…
Descriptors: Incidence, Substance Abuse, Mental Disorders, Veterans
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Shakfa, Mahmoud Dawoud Ali – English Language Teaching, 2012
The present paper explores the problems of English Language and Literature junior and senior majors, who are enrolled in a drama course at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG). The course emphasizes the significance of drama. Morgan (1987: 7) defines drama as an "art of communication," which is essential in teaching literature. A survey…
Descriptors: Drama, Correlation, Questionnaires, English Literature
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Mukundan, Jayakaran; Ahour, Touran – Journal of International Education Research, 2011
This study is an attempt to survey the burnout level of female teachers in Malaysia and determine the likely factors that are associated with this phenomenon. The subjects of the study were 437 female teachers from primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. A demographic questionnaire was used to collect the data regarding the individual…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Marital Status, Teacher Burnout, Foreign Countries
Ender, Durualp; Kubra, Kocabas; Asli, Arslan; Kezban, Ozaydin – Online Submission, 2011
The investigation was concerned with the examination of the needs and stress levels of the parents of mentally disabled children in terms of some variables. The study included parents (15 mothers and 13 fathers) of 28 mentally disabled children composed of 14 girls and 14 boys who were getting education in the School of Practice and Work Center…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Family Needs, Mental Retardation, Stress Variables
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Yu, Ge; Renton, Adrian; Wall, Martin; Estacio, Emee; Cawley, Justine; Datta, Pratibha – Social Indicators Research, 2011
Achieving adequate levels of physical activity (PA) is important to maintain health and prevent chronic disease. The costs of inadequate physical activity to the NHS have been estimated at over a billion pounds annually. While socio-demographic characteristics such as age, sex and ethnicity have been reported to be associated with different levels…
Descriptors: Incidence, Health Needs, Ethnicity, Marital Status
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Robinson, John P. – Social Indicators Research, 2010
Despite clear evidence that Americans' economic standard of living has improved over the last half-century in terms of income, ownership of technology and housing among other indicators, there is scant evidence from non-economic quality-of-life (QOL) indicators of improved life quality to parallel these economic gains. The present article adds to…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Art Activities, Living Standards, Citizen Participation
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Skutneva, S. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
The labor market for young people can be seen as an independent, integral segment of the overall labor market, one that can be singled out on the basis of the way that young people function in society as a special social and demographic group characterized by the needs and interests that are typical of it, a group that occupies a specific place in…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Labor Market, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
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Dykstra, Pearl A.; Wagner, Michael – Journal of Family Issues, 2007
Via a simultaneous analysis of different life course pathways (marital, occupational, and childbearing histories) and different outcomes, this article addresses the question When does childlessness matter in late life and how? Survey data from Amsterdam (N = 661) and Berlin, Germany (N = 516) are used. Lifelong childlessness results in smaller…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Childlessness, Marriage, Divorce
CHILMAN, CATHERINE S.; MEYER, DONALD L. – 1963
A COMPARISON WAS MADE OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND ASPIRATIONS OF UN DERGRADUATE MARRIED STUDENTS WITH THOSE OF UNDERGRADUATE UNMARRIED STUDENTS. THE STUDY OBJECTIVES WERE (1) TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT MARRIED MEN AND WOMEN UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE STUDENTS DIFFER FROM UNMARRIED STUDENTS IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, STATED ATTITUDES TOWARD THEIR EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, College Students, Educational Attitudes
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