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Education Law and Policy in the Time of COVID-19: Using a Legal Framework to Expose Educational Inequity

AERA Open, 2021
Empirical data show that the COVID-19 pandemic deepened and exacerbated social inequalities, to the detriment of low-income communities of color. Using the law as a conceptual framework and legal research methodology, this study examines education law ...
Raquel Muñiz
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Assessment of Numeracy Levels of Mine Workers in South African Chrome Mines

Numeracy, 2012
The aim of this paper is to assess and report the numeracy levels of unskilled and semi-skilled workers in three South African chrome mines in order to inform adult education practitioners of the need for greater efforts to educate mine workers.
Antonie Christoffel Smit, Andile Mji
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Absolute and Relative Socioeconomic Health Inequalities across Age Groups. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
BACKGROUND:The magnitude of socioeconomic health inequalities differs across age groups. It is less clear whether socioeconomic health inequalities differ across age groups by other factors that are known to affect the relation between socioeconomic ...
Sander K R van Zon, Ute Bültmann, Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Sijmen A Reijneveld   +3 more
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Trends in educational inequalities in old age mortality in Norway 1961−2009: a prospective register based population study

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background The vast majority of deaths occur in older adults. Paradoxically, knowledge on long-term trends in mortality inequalities among the aged, and particularly for those aged 80 years and over, is sparse. The historical trends in size and impact of
Moe Joakim Oliu, Steingrímsdóttir Ólöf Anna, Strand Bjørn Heine, Grøholt Else-Karin, Næss Øyvind   +4 more
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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in smoking prevalence, consumption, initiation, and cessation between 2001 and 2008 in the Netherlands. Findings from a national population survey

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background Widening of socioeconomic status (SES) inequalities in smoking prevalence has occurred in several Western countries from the mid 1970’s onwards.
Nagelhout Gera E, de Korte-de Boer Dianne, Kunst Anton E, van der Meer Regina M, de Vries Hein, van Gelder Boukje M, Willemsen Marc C   +6 more
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36-year trends in educational inequalities in self-rated health among Finnish adults

SSM: Population Health, 2019
Health inequalities exist across countries and populations, but little is known about their long-term trends and even less about factors shaping the trends.
Eero Lahelma, Olli Pietiläinen, Oona Pentala-Nikulainen, Satu Helakorpi, Ossi Rahkonen   +4 more
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Exploring intersectional inequalities in students' sense of belonging in education across educational pathways and across educational contexts

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionThe study investigated inequalities in the sense of belonging in education among students in primary, secondary and tertiary levels in various European, North American and Oceanian countries.
Katri Kleemola, Auli Toom, Heidi Hyytinen, Tarja Tuononen, Irem Karacay, Taylor Kroezen, Irena Kogan, Aigul Alieva   +7 more
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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality in Barcelona: 1992–2003

BMC Public Health, 2009
Background The objective of this study was to assess trends in cancer mortality by educational level in Barcelona from 1992 to 2003. Methods The study population comprised Barcelona inhabitants aged 20 years or older.
Pasarín M Isabel, Azlor Enric, Antunes José, Borrell Carme, Puigpinós Rosa, Serral Gemma, Pons-Vigués Mariona, Rodríguez-Sanz Maica, Fernández Esteve   +8 more
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Education inequalities

Oxford Open Economics
Abstract Education is one of the most important predictors of people's life chances, shaping outcomes like work and pay, health, and wealth. Explaining inequalities in educational outcomes, as well as how wider outcomes vary by education levels, is therefore essential to understanding lifetime inequalities.
Farquharson, Christine, McNally, Sandra, Tahir, Imran   +2 more
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DIGITAL AND EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IN ROMANIA: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [PDF]

Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
The gap between urban and rural areas continue to significantly affect educational equity in Romania, and the recent digitization of the school has shifted the discussion from the lack of basic infrastructure to differences in skills, use and ...
PINTI MARIA
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