University Students’ Preferences about Savings and Investments at Individual and National level in the 21st Century: The Case of Turkey

AbstractThis paper aims to capture the favored both national and individual saving and investment perceptions of the Turkish youth. Also, the research contributes to the understanding of the common preferences of the youth and focuses on perceptions over their home country’s saving-investment decisions. We reason, it is important to evaluate views of the youth on national savings and investments as they will be both the decision-makers determining the economic and social policies of the near future and the ones that are directly impacted by these policies implemented today. For this purpose, a questionnaire is applied to randomly selected 550 university students in Turkey and the results are analyzed by the chi-square test. Accordingly, students have mostly preferred that investments should be primarily made to the education sector at national level while investment made for the social security system is placed on the last rank. In addition, education is the most important individual investment choice of participants. On the other hand, information technologies, energy, and agriculture are identified as the most significant investment areas, which could be potentially increased the global competitiveness of their home country. Another important outcome of this research is that students prefer to invest their individual savings in gold and real estate investments, respectively.

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Socio-Demographic Factors and Health-Related Behaviors Associated with Gerontology

GIS Business ◽

10.26643/gis.v14i6.11943 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 359-370

Author(s):

Dr. Ravi S. Dalawai

Keyword(s):

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Work Culture ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Social ◽

Health Related ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Current Scenario ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

Insight Into

Indian population is in growing trend from 942.2 million in 1994 to 1.36 billion in 2019.Among this six per cent of India's population was of the age 65 and above (UNFPA, 2019). Today the work culture is totally changed. Both husband and wife are forced to work in the current scenario and unable to take care of their parents. The changing structure created increased problems for old age people leads to loneliness, psychological, physical health and financial insecurity. The study paper provides insight into the social and demographic factor and health related sickness of the oldest people. This research explained the cross-sectional study included a representative sample (n=116) of adults aged ≥60 years. The sample was chosen using a four-stage stratified random-cluster survey sampling method .The Chi Square test and ANOVA test was analyzed using SPSS20.

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Vulnerabilidade social e a cárie dentária na primeira infância

Archives of Health ◽

10.46919/archv2n6-006 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (6) ◽

pp. 1550-1562

Author(s):

Amanda Albuquerque Diniz ◽

Isabelle Monteiro Da Silva Lima ◽

Karyne Barreto Gonçalves Marques ◽

Luiz Carlos Costa Madeira Alves ◽

Ingrid Cordeiro Monte ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Social Vulnerability ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Categorical Variables ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Social ◽

Chi Square Test

Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência da cárie em crianças na primeira infância sob vulnerabilidade social. Métodos: Pesquisa do tipo transversal realizada no Instituto da Primeira Infância - Iprede, com crianças sob vulnerabilidade social em Fortaleza, Ceará. A coleta de dados foi realizada, em dezembro de 2018 a abril de 2019, com 363 crianças aleatoriamente, por meio de exame bucal e questionário. Os dados foram analisados através de estatística descritiva e do teste qui-quadrado para variáveis categóricas. Resultados: Observou-se uma prevalência de cárie de 35,6%, e que de 1 a 4 lesões representavam a maior porcentagem (23,7%). Elevado percentual de crianças nunca foi ao dentista (81,3%); semelhante percentual nunca sentiu dor de dente (82,3%). Conclusão: Apesar da vulnerabilidade social, a prevalência de cárie foi baixa, e sugere-se realização de ações para minimizar os efeitos da doença na qualidade de vida e desenvolvimento infantil. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of caries in children in early childhood under social vulnerability. Methods: Cross-sectional research conducted at the Instituto da Primeira Infância - Iprede, with children under social vulnerability in Fortaleza, Ceará. Data collection was carried out, from December 2018 to April 2019, with 363 children randomly, through oral examination and questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the chi-square test for categorical variables. Results: There was a prevalence of caries of 35,6%, with 1 to 4 caries representing the highest percentage (23,7%). A high percentage of children never went to the dentist (81,3%); a similar percentage never experienced toothache (82,3%). Conclusion: Despite the social vulnerability, the prevalence of caries was low, and actions to minimize the effects of the disease on quality of life and child development are suggested.

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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISTANCE LEARNING PROCESSES AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ANXIETY IN TIMES OF COVID19

European Journal of Social Sciences Studies ◽

10.46827/ejsss.v6i2.1012 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Loucia Demetriou ◽

Lydia Keramioti ◽

Demetris Hadjicharalambous

Keyword(s):

Distance Learning ◽

University Students ◽

Self Report ◽

Chi Square ◽

Academic Challenges ◽

Epidemic Curve ◽

Stress Levels ◽

Social Media Platforms ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Positive Correlations

Governments worldwide have implemented strict physical and social distancing measures to prevent contamination from the COVID-19 pandemic and flatten the epidemic curve. Recent findings show that university students have experienced increased anxiety and moderate-to-severe stress because of confinement measures (quarantine) (Husky et al., 2020; Islam et al., 2020). In Cyprus, universities switched to distance learning in mid-March 2020. The present research examined the social and academic challenges that university students are experiencing during the lockdown measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We focused on assessing the students' stress levels while they were trying to adjust to distance learning and while, at the same time, balancing their jobs with their studies. We considered whether they lived with or separated from their family and friends during that time. Our study is a quantitative study with a sample of 80 students from Cyprus and Greece who attended a private university in Cyprus until November 2020. We collected our data using Beck's Anxiety Inventory and a self-report e-questionnaire, which we created especially for the purposes of our study. The instrument was generated using the Google Form, and shared through social media platforms. We analysed data with the chi-square test application to detect correlations between working and non-working students and students who lived with or away from their family network during the lockdown regarding their stress levels and their adaptability to distance-learning. Results indicated statistically significant positive correlations between employment, distance learning, students' anxiety and stress levels. Article visualizations:<img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0790/a.php" alt="Hit counter" />

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Sero-Surveillance of Brucellosis in Cattle of Chitwan District, Nepal

International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology ◽

10.3126/ijasbt.v4i3.15774 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 365-371

Author(s):

Sabita Subedi ◽

Meera Prajapati ◽

Bhojan Dhakal

Keyword(s):

Social Study ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Elisa Test ◽

Fisher Exact Test ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Exact Test ◽

The Social ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

And Control

A cross sectional study was conducted in Eastern and Western parts of Chitwan district from November 2015 to April, 2016 in two parts, the social study followed by biological to determine and compare the prevalence, distribution of antibodies, and level of awareness of farmers against Brucella abortus in cattle of the two regions of same district. Altogether blood samples of 92 cattle were taken for detection of Brucella antibodies by using RBPT test and the positive samples were further retested by Indirect ELISA test through ID Vet iELISA kit 2016. The samples which showed positive on both tests were confirmed as seropositive. Chi -square test and Fisher Exact test was used to find out the association between various variables. The result showed that 14.13% (13/92) and 10.86% (10/92) sample were positive by RBPT and iELISA test respectively. There was no significant prevalence differences (p>0.05) on location, age group, breed type, and method of service (artificial and natural) used in cattle. Comparing abortion with prevalence of Brucellosis, there was significant differences (p<0.05) in the result of both RBPT and iELISA test. Inferring from this result, there is association between the abortion and occurrence of Brucellosis. The higher significant prevalence differences (p<0.01) was according to the time of abortion where higher seropositivity was obtained in the cattle aborted on 5-7th month of pregnancy and cattle of 3rd parity. The study showed the existence of Brucellosis in Chitwan district with no adoption of any preventive measures against this disease, so here is current need of the strategies for its prevention and control in order to mitigate such overwhelming situation.Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol 4(3): 365-371

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Emotional well-being and social support in social housing neighbourhoods in China

Journal of International Medical Research ◽

10.1177/0300060518774718 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (8) ◽

pp. 3209-3218

Author(s):

Jinhua Liu ◽

Hongsheng Chen ◽

Yang Chen ◽

Zhigang Li

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Social Housing ◽

Linear Regression Analysis ◽

Positive Association ◽

Well Being ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Social ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Social Associations

Objective This study investigated the effect of the number of close friends (within and outside of social housing neighbourhoods) on the emotional well-being of men and women in social housing neighbourhoods in China. Methods Data (n = 535) were collected in 13 social housing neighbourhoods in Guangzhou from September to December 2013 using the random sample method. The t-test, chi-square test, and linear regression analysis were used to analyse the factors influencing residents’ emotional well-being. Results Having a greater number of close friends living within the social housing neighbourhood had a significantly positive association with the respondents’ emotional well-being (regression coefficient = 0.473). The number of close friends living in nearby neighbourhoods was only positively related to women’s emotional well-being (coefficient = 0.433). Conclusions These results highlight the importance of friendship for residents’ emotional well-being. Especially for women, friendship outside the social housing neighbourhood is essential for good mental health. This conclusion is based on analysis of cross-sectional data, and reflects the directionality of social associations. The mental health of the poor warrants greater attention in China.

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Analysis of socioeconomic factors in the participation of parents in the Ecuadorian educational context

Explorador Digital ◽

10.33262/exploradordigital.v5i4.1910 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 101-116

Author(s):

Morayma Jimena Bustos Yépez ◽

Lourdes Elizabeth Navas Franco ◽

Fernando Sebastián Vega Buenaño

Keyword(s):

Marital Status ◽

Field Research ◽

Educational Context ◽

School Life ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

School Activities ◽

The Social ◽

R Project ◽

Chi Square Test

Introduction. The family is the axis on which the social structure develops, and that is why exploring how they participate in the school life of children becomes, over the years, something of importance. It is necessary to know how participation develops from some of the variables that can influence it. Objetive. Contrast whether the participation of parents in school activities has something to do with schooling, occupation, gender, marital status, age of parents, region, sector, and type of support of the school in which their children study. Methodology. For this, field research of cross-sectional type, of descriptive scope, was carried out, to check the levels of relationship, among the variables of this study. Chi-square test was used with the statistical software R Project. Results. As main results, it was found that the variables schooling (2.255e-12), occupation (9.578e-13), gender (6.43e-15), marital status (0.04333), sector (0.0006822) and type of school support (0.0001065) are related to the levels of parental participation, while the age of the parents (0.2975), and the region (0.6784) do not have significant levels of relationship. Conclusions. It is concluded in the study that the level of participation of parents in the Ecuadorian educational context is high; the variables that are related in a positive or negative way must be taken into consideration to improve the school processes that need this collaboration.

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Clinical and environmental factors are not associated with establishment of pre-hospital intravenous access.

Dansk Tidsskrift for Akutmedicin ◽

10.7146/akut.v2i3.112985 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 43

Author(s):

Rasmus Lyngby

Keyword(s):

Environmental Factors ◽

Hospital Setting ◽

Light Conditions ◽

Success Rates ◽

Chi Square ◽

Triage Category ◽

The Social ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Level Of Difficulty ◽

The Impact

Background: Establishing intravenous (IV) access is part of the paramedic scope of practice and in critically ill patients the procedure is essential to administer fluids and/or drugs. However, in the unique pre-hospital setting clinical and environmental factors may challenge the procedure. Previous studies have investigated IV procedure time and overall success-rates with little or no attention to the impact of challenging factors. The aim of this study was to investigate clinical and environmental factors associated with the first attempt of IV access establishment. Methods: Data containing information on IV procedure characteristics, patient condition and environmental factors were obtained by paramedics operating in the Capital Region of Denmark. Data was collected during three non-consecutive months in 2017 and 2018. Data was exported to IBM’s Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for analysis. A chi-square test for independence (with Yates’ Continuity Correction for 2x2 tables and likelihood ratio for expected count violations) was applied to test for association between first attempt of IV access establishment, patient condition and environmental factors. Results: A total of 259 datasets were available. Statistical analysis revealed a significant association between first attempt of IV access establishment and assessed level of difficulty (p=0.00). No significant association was found between first attempt of IV access establishment and presence of radial pulse (p=0.21), patient triage category (p=0.35), size of catheter (p=0.80), site of catheter insertion (p=0.11), light conditions (p=0.26) and procedure location (p=0.31). Conclusion: This study concludes that first-attempt IV access establishment was significantly associated with assessed level of difficulty, and non-significantly associated with the investigated clinical end environmental factors. Based on the findings, paramedics should reconsider IV access for patients where the procedure is considered difficult, and consider other available administration options. On the contrary, paramedics should not refrain from attempting IV access establishment based on present clinical and environmental factors thought to challenge the procedure.

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ARE STORKS HOMOSEXUALS? PERSISTENCE OF MISCONCEPTIONS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Journal of Baltic Science Education ◽

10.33225/jbse/14.13.448 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 448-457

Author(s):

Milan Kubiatko ◽

Kristyna Balatova

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Human Body ◽

Human Anatomy ◽

Chi Square ◽

Great Chance ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Scientific Phenomena ◽

Science Major

The misconceptions about different scientific phenomena are persisting from childhood till adulthood and no method managed to transform it into the correct form. The study is focused on finding out the misconceptions about common facts of zoology and also human body. The respondents were 112 university students. Among these respondents were 22 science major students and the rest of the respondents were non-science majors. The number of females was 82. All respondents are potentially future teachers at elementary schools, so there is a great chance/ possibility they will teach pupils and present them the kinds of information which are investigated in this study. Research tool contained 7 items, most of them were from the field of zoology and one from the field of human anatomy. Obtained data were analysed by the proportional ratio of correct and incorrect answers and the chi-square test was used for the determination of differences between groups of variables gender and field of study. There was not found a significant difference between males and females and science major students often answered some items more. There were found many misconceptions about common facts of zoology and human body. Key words: animals, human body, misconceptions, persistence, university students.

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Gender, Educational Qualification and Ethnicity Differences in Personal Financial Management Practices among Generation Y in Malaysia

Asian Journal of Economics Business and Accounting ◽

10.9734/ajeba/2019/v12i130143 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-7

Author(s):

Rudy Ansar ◽

Mohd Rahimie Abd Karim ◽

Zaiton Osman ◽

Muhamad Shameer Fahmi

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Generation Y ◽

Financial Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Young Generation ◽

Chi Square ◽

Educational Qualification ◽

The Social ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Ethnicity Differences

This paper examines gender, educational qualification, and ethnicity differences in personal financial management practices among Generation Y in Malaysia. The issue of this study concerns the number of young generation identified as Generation Y, who has been declared bankruptcy keep on increasing year-to-year. Therefore, this study focuses on Generation Y, who was born from 1981 to 2001 and included respondents from all the states of Malaysia. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 25.0 (SPSS 25.0) was used to analyse a total of 119 valid questionnaires collected using the Chi-Square test. The findings displayed that only ethnicity differences in personal financial management practices among Generation Y in Malaysia were found. The results of the study can be used as guidelines by the Malaysian government agencies and policymakers. They can also enhance their knowledge regarding financial needs and education to improve peoples’ personal financial management practices as well as being an alternative in finding the solution to control the bankruptcy problem among members of Generation Y in Malaysia.

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Consciência ambiental e percepção sobre os resíduos sólidos pelos residentes da Cidade de Coremas, Paraíba

Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável ◽

10.18378/rvads.v12i1.4808 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 117

Author(s):

Carlos Sergio Araújo dos Santos ◽

Daniel Jackson Andrade de Sousa ◽

Gabriel Carlos Moura Pessôa ◽

Ricardo Ricelli Pereira de Almeida ◽

Alan Dél Carlos Gomes Chaves

Keyword(s):

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Solid Wastes ◽

Environmental Perceptions ◽

Multiple Choice Questions ◽

Chi Square ◽

Social Actors ◽

The Social ◽

Chi Square Test ◽

Semi Solid ◽

The City

Resíduos sólidos são todos os restos sólidos ou semi-sólidos das atividades humanas ou não-humanas, que embora possam não apresentar utilidade para a atividade fim de onde foram gerados, podem virar insumos para outras utilizações. Objetivou-se avaliar o comportamento da população à respeito das atitudes e percepção com relação aos resíduos sólidos na cidade de Coremas, Paraíba. Os dados referentes a atitudes e percepção dos atores sociais foram coletados na cidade de Coremas por meio de questionários, previamente estruturados com perguntas de múltipla escolha a fim de conhecer o perfil dos entrevistados através das seguintes variáveis: sexo, faixa etária, escolaridade, estado civil e renda. Foi realizada uma análise descritiva para verificar a percepção dos residentes no município segundo as variáveis relacionadas aos resíduos sólidos. A relação entre variáveis socioeconômicas e o comportamento ambiental referente aos resíduos sólidos dos moradores da cidade de Coremas foi verificada por meio do teste qui-quadrado de independência, mostrando que houve forte dependência entre essas variáveis, sugerindo que, a escolaridade, a renda e a localização dos residentes influenciaram em suas atitudes e percepções ambientais naquele município.Environmental Awareness and perception about solid waste by the residents of the City of Coremas, ParaíbaAbstract: Solid wastes are all the solid or semi-solid residues of human or non-human activities that, although do not show utility for the order in which they were generated, can become to inputs for other activities. The study’s aim was to evaluate the population’s behavior about the attitudes and the perception connected to the solid wastes in the city of Coremas, Paraíba state. The data on attitudes and perceptions of the social actors were collected in the city of Coremas through questionnaires, previously structured with multiple choice questions in order to know the profile of the interviewed using the following variables: gender, age, education, marital status and income. The Descriptive analysis were performed to verify the perception of residents in the city according to the related variables to solid wastes. The relationship between socioeconomics variables and environmental performance related to solids wastes from residents of Coremas were verified by the chi-square test of independence, showing that there was a strong dependency between these variables, suggesting that the educational level, the income and the location of residents influenced in their attitudes and environmental perceptions in that city.

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