County Poverty: The Case Of Los Angeles

This study serves two purposes.  First, it demonstrates a method of estimating and projecting annual poverty at the sub-national level.  Data obtained from decennial censuses provide the benchmarks from which poverty is estimated and projected for various demographic groups.  Projections are based upon curvilinear trends both of rates and of counts for each group.  The methodology can be easily applied in a variety of jurisdictional settings and levels.  The second objective is to provide a specific portrait of poverty by demographic group within the County of Los Angeles.  The evidence indicates a substantial increase over the next decade both in the incidence of poverty and in the number of impoverished residents.  The primary source of County poverty is the growth in its Hispanic community.

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County Poverty: The Case Of Sacramento

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v20i2.2205 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Robert G. Mogull

Keyword(s):

Poverty Rate ◽

The State ◽

Font Size ◽

Demographic Groups ◽

Rates Of Change ◽

Demographic Group ◽

County Poverty

This study serves two purposes.  First, it demonstrates a method of estimating and projecting annual poverty at sub-national levels.  Data are obtained from decennial censuses to form the benchmarks from which poverty is estimated and projected for various demographic groups.  Projections are based upon historical curvilinear trends for each group.  The methodology can be easily applied in a variety of jurisdictional settings and levels. The second objective is to provide a specific portrait of poverty by demographic group within the County of Sacramento in the State of California.  The evidence indicates that, by the end of the decade, the County poverty rate will rise to 16% and the number of poor persons will expand to 216 thousand.  There will be large differences among the various demographic groups in their rates of change.

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A Contrast of U.S. Metropolitan Demographic Poverty: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

International Journal of Population Research ◽

10.1155/2011/860684 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 ◽

pp. 1-5

Author(s):

Robert G. Mogull

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Statistical Evidence ◽

Long Beach ◽

Demographic Groups ◽

Demographic Group ◽

The Individual ◽

American Cities

This paper examines and compares U.S. poverty rates on two levels, with data obtained from the decennial censuses of 1960 through 2000. First, rates of poverty for five demographic groups are contrasted within each of the three most populous metropolises of the nation—Chicago, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and New York. Second, rates for each demographic group are contrasted among the three metropolises. The statistical evidence reveals both large differences among the individual demographic groups and also in the trends among the three most populous American cities.

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The Doctor Faustus Dossier

10.1525/california/9780520296824.001.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Adrian Daub

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Primary Source ◽

Music And Literature ◽

Twentieth Century Music ◽

Private And Public ◽

Doctor Faustus ◽

Public Lives ◽

Nazi Era ◽

The Impact

Arnold Schoenberg and Thomas Mann, two towering figures of twentieth-century music and literature, both found refuge in the German-exile community in Los Angeles during the Nazi era. This complete edition of their correspondence provides a glimpse inside their private and public lives and culminates in the famous dispute over Mann's novel Doctor Faustus. In the thick of the controversy was Theodor Adorno, then a budding philosopher, whose contribution to the Faustus affair would make him an enemy of both families. Gathered here for the first time in English, the letters are complemented by diary entries, related articles, and other primary source materials, as well as an introduction that contextualizes the impact that these two great artists had on twentieth-century thought and culture.

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Coworking with Roma: Exploration of Slovak majority’s cooperation intention using content analyses and networks of free association

Human Affairs ◽

10.1515/humaff-2021-0016 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 194-211

Author(s):

Juraj Petrík ◽

Branislav Uhrecký ◽

Miroslav Popper ◽

Lenka Nôtová

Keyword(s):

Research Group ◽

Free Association ◽

Image Theory ◽

Demographic Groups ◽

Network Analyses ◽

The Third ◽

Demographic Group ◽

Content Analyses ◽

Roma People ◽

Mental Constructs

Abstract This study, theoretically based on integrated threat and image theory, explored (1) the mental constructs produced by the Slovak majority in relation to cooperation with the Roma minority and (2) differences in thinking about different Roma demographic groups. In Slovakia, prejudice towards Roma people is a long-standing phenomenon. In this study there were 228 participants, mostly young adults, who produced 22 categories of associations, explored using content and network analyses. The frequency of category associations in the first and second research group was mostly the same, but the distribution differed for the demographic groups considered by the third research group, which was asked to produce associations separately for each Roma demographic group. The largest difference measured was between integrated and segregated Roma people – the associations were mostly positive for the first and negative for the second. These results provide the first empirical exploration of cooperation intentions with Roma people in the Slovak context and suggestions are made for future discourse on Roma.

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Disability and the Urban Environment: A Perspective on Los Angeles

Environment and Planning D Society and Space ◽

10.1068/d040273 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 273-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 56

Author(s):

H Hahn

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Sense Of Community ◽

Minority Group ◽

Primary Source ◽

Disabled Persons ◽

Social Attitudes ◽

Geographic Dispersion ◽

Personal Appearance ◽

The Individual ◽

The Impact

Increasingly, research on disability has been guided by a definition that focuses on the interaction between the individual and the environment and by a minority-group perspective based on the propositions that discriminatory attitudes are the primary source of the problems of disabled citizens, that the environment is shaped by public policy, and that policies reflect prevalent social attitudes and values. The implications of this approach for an analysis of the experience of disabled persons in Los Angeles are examined by assessing major characteristics of this urban area such as geographic dispersion, the absence of a sense of community, and the impact of pervasive standards of personal appearance. The investigation indicates a pressing need to provide increased accessibility for disabled residents to fulfill constitutional principles of freedom and equality.

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TEACHER EDUCATION FOR INCLUSION - THE PREMISES FOR IMPLEMENTING A NEW INITIAL TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME / PRIELAIDOS ĮGYVENDINTI NAUJĄ MOKYTOJŲ RENGIMO PROGRAMĄ: INKLIUZINIS UGDYMAS MOKYKLOJE

SPECIALUSIS UGDYMAS / SPECIAL EDUCATION ◽

10.21277/se.v1i35.267 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (35) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Elena Marin

Keyword(s):

Teacher Training ◽

Inclusive Education ◽

School System ◽

Policy Development ◽

National Level ◽

Training System ◽

Font Size ◽

Initial Teacher Training ◽

Starting Point ◽

Training Programmes

This paper attempts to highlight and examine the Romanian perspective regarding inclusive education by presenting some statistical data and the steps that have been made in order to make the switch from a school system lead by the segregation principle to a school system based on inclusive principles. Moreover, the attention focuses on schools` key actors, the teacher, more specifically on the initial teachers training programmes available in Romania. The starting point when it come to the initial teacher training programmes is based on the assumption that there is an acute need for training when it comes to the implementation of an inclusive educational system in Romania. Using a qualitative approach, we aimed at presenting specialists’ opinion on priority issues in policy development regarding the teacher training in the field of inclusive education, focusing on the premises for implementing a training system that is mandatory for every teacher in the inclusive education and on the aspects that relate to the rethinking of the teacher’s training process at a national level. Straipsnyje bandoma analizuoti inkliuzinio ugdymo diegimą Rumunijoje: pateikiama statistinių duomenų ir aprašoma, kokių veiksmų buvo imtasi pereinant nuo segregacijos principu pagrįstos ugdymo sistemos mokykloje prie inkliuzijos principais grindžiamos sistemos. Dėmesys kreipiamas į mokytojus ir mokytojų pirminio rengimo programas. Mokytojų pirminis rengimas Rumunijoje remiasi prielaida, kad, siekiant įdiegti inkliuzinio ugdymo sistemą, tokių mokytojų rengimo poreikis yra labai didelis. Kokybiniu tyrimu buvo siekiama pateikti specialistų nuomonę dėl inkliuzinio ugdymo mokytojų rengimo politikos prioritetų, atkreipiamas dėmesys į tokių specialistų rengimo, privalomo kiekvienam inkliuzinį ugdymą taikančiam mokytojui, sistemos įdiegimo sąlygas ir aspektus, susijusius su mokytojų rengimo proceso reformavimu nacionaliniu lygmeniu.

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Stilbenes in the different organs of Vitis vinifera cv. Merlot grafted on Teleki Kober 5BB rootstock

OENO One ◽

10.20870/oeno-one.2016.50.4.1068 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 51 (3) ◽

pp. 323 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Gyöngyi Németh ◽

Orsolya Hegyi ◽

Attila Dunai ◽

Laszlo Kocsis

Keyword(s):

Vitis Vinifera ◽

Field Study ◽

Primary Source ◽

Dry Weight ◽

Shoot Tips ◽

Font Size ◽

Plant Organs ◽

Wide Range ◽

Berry Skins ◽

Winter Buds

Aim: To determine which of the grapevine organ is the richest in stilbene, like the t-piceid, t-resveratrol and ε-viniferin and would it be useful as by-product of viticulture for processing stilbene concentrate.Methods and results: Nine organs, such as cane, buds, shoot tips, inflorescences, clusters at veraison, matured berry skins, seeds and cluster stems, of Merlot grafted on Teleki Kober 5BB rootstock were collected during a year and its ethanolic extractions were analyzed via HPLC-FLD. Stilbene content of the different organs occurred in a wide range, the lowest was 3.15 mg/kg dry weight (dw) measured in the seeds and the highest 2265 mg/kg dw in the buds.Conclusion: The present research demonstrated that different grapevine organs contain different amount of stilbene in the vineyard. The winter-buds, the roots and the matured cane internodes of Merlot are significantly richer in t-resveratrol and t-ε-viniferin than the green vegetative and generative parts we examined in one growing year. Significance and impact of the study: According to our knowledge there was no stilbenes measuring in several plant organs of a vine cultivar in field study, in vineyard. Our research pointed out the pruned cane could be primary source of stilbene of the health-industry. Beside that grape root is a by-product of grapevine nursery is also rich in stilbene.

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Incidence of treatment for postabortion complications in India, 2015

BMJ Global Health ◽

10.1136/bmjgh-2020-002372 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (7) ◽

pp. e002372

Author(s):

Susheela Singh ◽

Rubina Hussain ◽

Chander Shekhar ◽

Rajib Acharya ◽

Melissa Stillman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tamil Nadu ◽

Large Scale ◽

National Level ◽

Uttar Pradesh ◽

Primary Source ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Legal Abortion ◽

Indian States ◽

Medication Abortion ◽

Postabortion Care

Abortion has been legal under broad criteria in India since 1971. However, access to legal abortion services remains poor. In the past decade, medication abortion (MA) has become widely available in India and use of this method outside of health facilities accounts for over 70% of all abortions. Morbidity from unsafe abortion remains an important health issue. The informal providers who are the primary source of MA may have poor knowledge of the method and may offer inadequate or inaccurate advice on use of the method. Misuse of the method can result in women seeking treatment for true complications as well as during the normal processes of MA. An estimated 5% of all abortions are done using highly unsafe methods and performed by unskilled providers, also contributing to abortion morbidity. This paper provides new representative abortion-related morbidity measures at the national and subnational levels from a large-scale 2015 study of six Indian states—Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The outcomes include the number and treatment rates of women with complications resulting from induced abortion and the type of complications. The total number of women treated for abortion complications at the national level is 5.2 million, and the rate is 15.7 per 1000 women of reproductive age per year. In all six study states, a high proportion of all women receiving postabortion care were admitted with incomplete abortion from use of MA—ranging from 33% in Tamil Nadu to 65% in Assam. The paper fills an important gap by providing new evidence that can inform policy-makers and health planners at all levels and lead to improvements in the provision of postabortion care and legal abortion services—improvements that would greatly reduce abortion-related morbidity and its costs to Indian women, their families and the healthcare system.

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Excess Mortality Associated With COVID-19 by Demographic Group: Evidence From Florida and Ohio

Public Health Reports ◽

10.1177/00333549211041550 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 003335492110415

Author(s):

Troy Quast ◽

Ross Andel

Keyword(s):

Excess Mortality ◽

Prediction Interval ◽

National Level ◽

Age Groups ◽

Black Population ◽

Infection Rates ◽

Black Adults ◽

Demographic Groups ◽

Younger Age ◽

Excess Deaths

Objective COVID-19 mortality varies across demographic groups at the national level, but little is known about potential differences in COVID-19 mortality across states. The objective of this study was to estimate the number of all-cause excess deaths associated with COVID-19 in Florida and Ohio overall and by sex, age, and race. Methods We calculated the number of weekly and cumulative excess deaths among adults aged ≥20 from March 15 through December 5, 2020, in Florida and Ohio as the observed number of deaths less the expected number of deaths, adjusted for population, secular trends, and seasonality. We based our estimates on death certificate data from the previous 10 years. Results The results were based on ratios of observed-to-expected deaths. The ratios were 1.17 (95% prediction interval, 1.14-1.21) in Florida and 1.15 (95% prediction interval, 1.11-1.19) in Ohio. Although the largest number of excess deaths occurred in the oldest age groups, in both states the ratios of observed-to-expected deaths were highest among adults aged 20-49 (1.21; 95% prediction interval, 1.11-1.32). The ratio of observed-to-expected deaths for the Black population was especially elevated in Florida. Conclusions Although excess deaths were largely concentrated among older cohorts, the high ratios of observed-to-expected deaths among younger age groups indicate widespread effects of COVID-19. The high levels of observed-to-expected deaths among Black adults may reflect in part disparities in infection rates, preexisting conditions, and access to care. The finding of high excess deaths among Black adults deserves further attention.

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Modeling Annual Poverty In A Metropolitan Area

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v18i1.2100 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Robert G. Mogull

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Metropolitan Area ◽

The Elderly ◽

Metropolitan Region ◽

Long Beach ◽

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This study establishes a methodology to create annual rates of poverty within a metropolitan region.  The site selected is Los Angeles/Long Beach, where trend lines are separately calculated for all residents, whites, blacks, Hispanics, female family heads, the elderly and children.  The most striking evidence is the surge in poverty among Hispanics and children, which pulls up the overall rate for the region.  The trends foretell the formation of an immense impoverished Hispanic underclass.

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