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The Experience of Receiving and Then Losing a Scholarship: A Tracer Study of Secondary School Scholarship Recipients in Uganda
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Watson, Cathy; Chapman, David W.; Okurut, Charles Opolot – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
This study reports findings of a tracer that investigated differences in the profile and subsequent experiences of scholarship recipients in Uganda who were able to complete the lower secondary school cycle (O level) without interruption (N = 174) and those that dropped out before completing their O-level cycle (N = 51), thereby losing their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarships, Secondary School Students, Dropouts
Alcohol Use among Abused and Non-Abused Older Persons Aged 60-84 Years: An European Study
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Tredal, Ingrid; Soares, Joaquim J. F.; Sundin, Orjan; Viitasara, Eija; Melchiorre, Maria Gabriella; Torres-Gonzales, Francisco; Stankunas, Mindaugas; Lindert, Jutta; Ioannidi-Kapolou, Elisabeth; Barros, Henrique – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2013
Aims: Describing alcohol use by abuse type (e.g. psychological) and considering other factors (e.g. depression). Methods: The respondents were 4467 (2559 women, 57.3%) randomly selected elders (60-84 years) from seven European cities. The cross-sectional data were collected with scales covering various areas and examined with…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Drinking, Depression (Psychology), Foreign Countries
Adolescents and Poverty
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Wight, Vanessa R. – Prevention Researcher, 2011
More youth live in poverty and poor youth comprise a larger share of the youth population than was the case a decade ago. This article first provides a descriptive analysis of children in poverty; examining the incidence of poverty among children by selected demographic, socioeconomic, and geographic characteristics with a particular focus on…
Descriptors: Poverty, Adolescents, Social Indicators, Incidence
Students' Mental Health: Personal and University Determinants
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Khodarahimi, Siamak; Rasti, Ali; Khajehie, Malihe; Sattar, Rea – Online Submission, 2009
The present study was to examine the effects of personal and university bounded factors in students mental health in north of Fars province, Iran. The effects of these factors on university students' psychopathology within a survey design were investigated among 300 participants--94 males and 206 females, who were selected through random sampling…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Marital Status, Mental Health, Psychopathology
1970 Census Fourth Count (Population) School District Data Tapes [machine-readable data file].
National Center for Educational Statistics (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1970
The Fourth Count (population) School District Data Tapes (SDDTs), derived from the 1970 Census, are presented. Because school districts are not generally coterminous with area organizations used by the 1970 Census, school administrators could not apply the Census data directly. To alleviate this problem, the data tapes, which are a recompilation…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Databases, Demography, Educational Planning
User's Manual for 1970 Census Fourth Count (Population) School District Data Tapes.
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Applied Urbanetics, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1973
This user's manual is intended to aid in the use of the Fourth Count (population) School District Data Tapes (SDDTs) derived from the 1970 Census. The manual, which is designed to complement the 1970 Census Users' Guide prepared by the United States Census Bureau, covers sources of the data, structure and contents of the tapes, and use of the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Databases, Demography, Educational Planning