The crown al-Sabah family has ruled Kuwait since 1718, witnessing the transition of their merchant-based kingdom into an economically powerful sovereign state. ... This is no anomaly; since independence from Britain in 1961, Kuwait's oil revenues have averaged over 84% of the state's total revenues with the exception of 1991/1992 (dropping to 57%) due to the Iraqi invasion. ... In the 1960's, having formally cut ties with Britain, the emir bought out the traditionally powerful merchant families with the vast amount of oil money and proclaimed himself to be the autonomous ruler....

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The purpose of this paper is to identify how the concept of family has changed over time. Certainly, the notion of family has become more liberated through the "political, social, economic and cultural factors" pertaining to the diversity of the modern day family. ... Economics has had a strong impact on the fate of the family. ... Undoubtedly, the changing family form has an ambivalent position in Australian society. ... Thus, the change in the number of defacto couple and sole-parent families and acknowledgement of homosexual families would appear to reflect changing social expectations rega...

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Many families could not even afford to support their elderly, as they became a burden on the family and could not earn wages. ... Social Security does not benefit the families who deviate from the classic definition of a family in the same way it does a traditional family. ... The average amount of time women spent in the workforce was steadily increasing, and by 1984 female workers between the ages of 21-64 had an average of only 5.3 less years of experience than that of male workers (Blau and Ferber 1992). ... O'Neill in 1985 estimated that in 1966 female workers had on average 2.8 year...

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In fact, many attempts were made throughout the 1900's for reformed "family planning", which aimed at decreasing the average household size through only planned births. ... Beginning in 1973, the government basically came out and said to its constituency that it would be best if each family was to only have one child. ... (Short, Fengying, 374) There was no penalty for second births for a couple, but one child families were encouraged by giving incentives that were not given to the two or three children families. ... Even though the family of a child who is "out of plan" might have gone a...

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Today in American society the dominant family structure in almost all cultures is a patriarchal family. ... A patriarchal family is common today because the male usually tends to earn the higher income and is around to take control of the family. Back when slavery was around in America a patriarchal family wasn't as common as today, especially in a African American slave family. The dominant family structure in a African American slave family was a matriarchal family. ... But back in the African American slave era the mother took the role of a fathers role in today's average patr...

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They vary between one family and the next. ... As the onset of puberty commences around the age of ten to fourteen for the average child, it is easy to comprehend the positive correlation between the beginning of puberty and the emotional gap that suddenly takes shape between parent and child. ... Statistics Canada has shown that in nineteen-ninety eight and nineteen-ninety nine "The average Canadian still spends about twenty three hours a week watching television, and twenty hours a week listening to radio" (New Society 106). ... Real families do not always follow the perfect ideals that tele...

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In 2015, the International Monetary Fund reports that in the last two decades, the average GDP growth rate over 5.8% and this fast-growing economic of India has attracted many foreign companies to settle subsidiaries in the country. ... Labour force to population ratio in India is 56%, which is lower than the average of the world at 64 per cent (Institute for Human Development 2014). ... According to Euromonitor International report (2015), 6.1% of the Indian adult population had attained higher education in 2014, remarkably lower than Asia Pacific's average of 10.4%. ...

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Statistics tell us that the world's average level of female employment is about 53%. ... Nevertheless, as we all know, in traditional pre-industrial family, husbands or men are often regarded as the "breadwinner." ... There are a lot of problems followed by these changes, due to the skyrocketing divorce rate, number of LPF family has increased to 24% of all families, and over 90% of LPFs are headed by lone mothers. Women started to focus on their education or career, they choose work over family, children are now regarding as a "liability," they started to postpone reproduce and marry age...

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Discussion of the Family Stress theory is included to describe the assessment of the alcoholic family. ... In addition to the problems suggested by Healthy People 2020, alcohol abuse contributes to familial dysfunction manifested by disrupted family roles and function, family conflict, and impaired family communication (Bartek, Lindeman, & Hawks, 1999). Bartek, et. al. (1999), further state that alcoholism has an effect on every member of the family resulting in a chaotic, disorganized, and dysfunctional family unit. ... Assessment of the Alcoholic Family As a result of growth and change w...

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Syllogism Analysis According to the syllogism concerning African Americans, who usually have an income below the national average, and who are advised to reduce their family size through the use of birth controls, insinuates that African Americans will have more money to spend if the above measures are put into place. ... If the Democratic Party were to address the National Black Caucuses with this scenario, in which they are asking the African American communities to use birth control as a way to reduce their family unit, thus increasing their income, the consequences would be great. .....

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However, a few problems have risen due to maternal gatekeeping mostly in dual-earner families. ... The study took a sample from employed mothers in dual-earner families with preschool-age children that each work an average of around thirty-four hours per week (Pedersen & Kilzer, 2013). ... Also, homosexual dual-earner families were not considered, only heterosexual dual-earner families were considered. For future studies on maternal gatekeeping, it would be best if a study could be conducted on "crossover" families and see how it compares to "dual-earner" families. ... If ...

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The adopted parents were of above average intelligence. ... Ninety-three of the initial 101 families participated in the follow up. ... The results of the study showed that Black adoptees raised in white homes had an average IQ of 106; Black adoptees raised in white homes had an average IQ of 99; Black adopted kids raised in black homes had an average IQ of 97; White adopted kids placed in white homes had an average IQ of 111 and Asian/Indian adopted kids raised in white homes had an average IQ of 100. ... The socioeconomic status of a family is found to affect children's IQs. Children ...

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I chose this particular act to research because it affects me directly as well as friends and family members. ... And the act provides eligible employees with two types of job-protected leave: regular leave and military family leave. ... The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take leave that is job-protected for specified family and medical reasons. ... Women with new babies stayed home an average of 58 days - substantially less than the doctor recommended three months. ... This is the ultimate question of moral and ethical responsibilities- the need to earn a living, an...

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Students enrolled in school come from all types of backgrounds and raised in different types of family structures. ... A traditional family structure in the U.S is considered as a family support system involving two married heterosexual individuals providing care and stability for their biological offspring. ... All participants were raised by either a single mother or their grandmother and earned a grade point average of 2.75 – 4.20 with an ACT score between 18 and 27. ... They collected data by comparing 27 families with single heterosexual mothers, 20 families with lesbian parents, an...

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This makes the military divorce rate four times that of the national average, yet it is still being overlooked by American society and is being ignored by the military itself. ... Reasoning High divorce rates in the military are due to the fact that military families are put under much more strain than the average family. Take for example, for the average family, some issues that may be present within might include, financial stress, work related issues, diverging goals, disagreements, affairs, and growing apart. ... Each day a military member is deployed is a day away from his/her family. ...

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Television has also limited the time families spend together. Families used to spend dinner at the dinner table telling each other how their days went and just communicating with each other. Now families just bring their dinner to where ever the television is. ... When in reality the average woman wears a size 14, but in shows like Friends the producer's idea of an average woman wears a size 4. This makes many average women feel less attractive and gives them the impression that you have to be a size four to fit anywhere in today's society. ...

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If tuition had grown in pace with inflation, the average tuition at public colleges would have been $2,052. Instead the average per semester tuition at public colleges and universities was $6,695 in 2010 " (Evans 1). ... In addition, tuition and fees climbed 4.2% at four-year private schools to an average of $29,056 in 2012, while overall prices rose 4% to $43,289 (Clark 2). ... However, according to Jasmine Evans, "the average subsidy at public institutions reached a new low in 2010, the lowest it has been in a decade " (2). ... That means the average public college gets a tax subsidy of only...

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Many families struggled with issues such as poverty, violence, health and mental health concerns. ... The Eastside Family Centre: The Eastside Family Centre is a one-stop, multifaceted, multi-partnered resource that is linked to existing services and community resources on the east side of the city. ... There are no restrictions to individuals or family groups. ... The average wait before seeing a counselor is less than twenty-five minutes. ... In 1991 the Eastside Family Centre provided 260 walk-in sessions. ...

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On average, black families only have about six percent as much wealth as white households. ... In the article Kristof emphasizes the social inequality of Blacks when he says "That's one reason why black families have, on average, only about 6 percent as much wealth as white households, why only 44 percent of black families own a home compared with 73 percent for white households. " Which clearly shows how Kristof is emphasizing that blacks are unequal. ... He states that black peoples average median household income is "$34,598, compared with $58,270 for non-Hispanic whites " which shows...

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As any family that has a child with autism can attest, receiving that diagnosis begins a journey that places profound demands on the family, friends, and financial resources for the remaining lifetime of the child. ... ASD often affects the family's income first hand. ... Their average weekly hours were 34 (Doheny, 2015), compared to the 71% of mothers whose children do not have ASD and worked 35 or more hours a week (Doheny, 2015). As for the fathers, the results showed that 91% of the fathers of children with ASD were employed, and worked on average 46 hours (Doheny, 2015), compared to ...

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Typically the "shelf life" of any athlete is relatively short with an average of 3.5-5.6 active playing years. Also, the average salary for a professional male athlete is around 3.4 million dollars annually. ... For example socioeconomics, financial literacy, and family relationships are just a few factors that play a huge roll in an athlete's finances. ... The majority of these athletes come from troubled backgrounds and their families and communities expect them to share their earnings. New York Times Columnist Joe Nocera explained, "Athletes with disadvantaged families ...

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The root cause of this behavior can be a dysfunctional family, lower family income and family stress. It is known that African American youth from single mother families are at an elevated risk of externalizing behavior, compared to those who are from European American two-parent families. ... Co-parent (an individual, who may or may not be a family member, significantly involves in child rearing and parenting), is present in many African American single mother families, and this can probably explain the variability in adjustment among African American youth from single mother families. ... ...

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It was settled mostly by English families and Dutch colonists. ... There were even incidents of whites action attempting to prevent nonwhite families from moving into the area. ... In 2009, the market for one, two and three family house has reached its peak, the average sales price was 615,000 dollar which was higher than rest districts of Queens so do as condominiums. ... Average salaries also increased almost $10,000, from $35,264 in 2004 to $43,890 in 2010 where other rest districts of Queens were declined. ... Employment and average salaries are far more than the average of Queens. ...

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This is a bit higher than the state average of $31,181. Only 4% of families with children are below poverty in the town of Cumberland and 22% of the population is under the age of eighteen. 5,135 of those children are enrolled in the widely respected public school system which consists of one high school, two middle schools, and five elementary schools. ... The high school also as an attendance rate of 92.9% and many students usually score above average on standardized tests. Sixty-five percent of Cumberland High School students took the SAT test and scored an average of 532 in math and 52...

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Of those participants with employees on shorter assignments, the average percentage of their expatriate population considered to be on short-term assignment is 15%. ... An interesting trend is the decrease in the average amount of foreign service premiums. ... Ten years later, the average incentive ranges from 12-13%. ... Possessions are a minor concern compared with the disposition of the family residence, a topic about which many expatriates and their family members are sensitive. ... Once the family has finally settled their home-- country concerns, they wonder about visits back home. ...

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