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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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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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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Black households had $5,677 in wealth on average, Hispanic households had $6,325, and white households average $113,149 in wealth. ... At the same time, median family income was declining faster for the minority groups than for whites (The Huffington Post). ... In fact, the richest households garner much of their wealth from stock, while middle and lower class families gain their wealth from housing. ...

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For example, in 1999 the College Board reported that the average score for college bound women was 43 points below the average score for a college bound man. ... Among high school seniors who entered college in the fall of 1999, the African Americans' averages scores on the SAT I verbal section was 93 points below European American students' average scores. On the average, African Americans scored 106 points less than European Americans on the math portion, (Jencks and Phillips, p.3). ... Rather an examination of a child's family tree or the educational history must take place i...

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The models do not look average, or ordinary. ... These idealized models and celebrities are not considered average among the American population, because the average person cannot relate to the models and celebrities due to their appearance from surgeries and extreme diets. ... As the models' waist size goes down, the average American waist size goes up. ... The audience in all categories (family, teenager, middle aged, pre-teen, etc.) would relate more so with a model that appeared similar to them – more atypical and average. ... This idea of a celebrity interacting with average so...

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When Kobe was five his family move to Italy where his father played in the Italian Professional league over the next eight years Kobe's father played on four different teams in Italy, which meant that the Bryant family had to move to a new city every few years. After the family returned from Italy to the states in 1991 Kobe attended Bala Cynwyd Junior High School. ... In 1996 Bryant's Senior season he lead Lower Merion high School to the 4A State Title, he also average 31 points per game during the season and was named High School Player of the Year. ...

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Since 1969 the cost of college education relative to the average household income has risen from 18 percent to an excessive 38 percent (Bernasek). ... Some students and their families are blessed to comfortably be able to pay for their higher education. ... The expense of attending the University simply became too much for the family of the individual. ... "Average student loan debt climbed to $29,400 for borrowers in the class of 2012, up from $23,450 for 2008 graduates and $18,750 for 2004 graduates, annual reports from The Institute for College Access & Success show. ... It is unaccept...

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Not all states are equally balance, and have the average funding per students, which is $1,348, there are some states that are under the average. ... One of the nation's largest school systems is New York City who on a average student outcomes and their opportunity to learn are more determined by the neighborhood where a child lives, than his or her abilities. ... Students that come from a low-income New York City family are not considered for being tested to be eligible for the gifted-and-talented program. ... These public schools are funded through federal, state, and local taxes and ca...

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For most patients, therapy should come as a referral from another clinic, such as emergency room settings, athletic trainers, and the offices of family practitioners. ... Physical therapists must teach patients and their family members how to continue the healing process after direct supervision of the therapist has ended. ... The average work week for full-time physical therapists is around 40 hours, quite possibly including some nights and weekends. ... Right out of school, physical therapists can expect to make between $40,000 and $45,000 per year, with the average salary being app...

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Average income for a family in the U.S. is currently approximately $50,000. According to Matt Dunning of Benefit Management, "The total cost of health care coverage for a family of four under an employer-sponsored PPO plan - including premiums and out-of-pocket expenses - rose to $24,671 on average.... How is even the most average family supposed to keep absorbing this rise, as stated earlier a big reason for this is a 13% increase in prescription drugs in one calendar year? ... Average profits for the other five top industries are about 19% in this study. ...

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A normal family of five or six received a single room about 25 by 20 feet. ... Meals were provided for evacuees costing no more than 45 cents per resident per day (the actual cost averaged at about 40 cents). ... Most residents who work were paid on average 14-16 dollars for a 44 hour week. ...

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Many families use their money to provide the necessary essentials for their family, such as food, water, and shelter. ... In fact, "According to the USA Today, parents spent an average of $185 per child buying non-uniform clothing in1998, compared with an average of $104 spent per child to purchase uniforms" (Public). ...

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Mass production of goods required mass consumption, however, the average American did not have the money to make cash purchases, so they abandoned the old tradition of saving for what they wanted and began purchasing on the installment plan. ... For example, "in 1929 Henry Ford reported a personal income of $14 million in the same year the average personal income was $750." 3 Many Americans were attracted by advertisements to purchase a number of the new products like the automobiles, radios and household appliances. ... "From 1923 - 1929 the average output per worker increased 32% in ma...

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Muslim Marriages in the United States Family is the basis of Muslim society and marriage is the foundation on which the family rests. Notwithstanding the resurgence of Christian fundamentalist thing and or the conservative political drive to enshrine family values' in American society, Muslim family values are "at least on the surface "out of step with the mainstream of Western society and its views on marriage and family. ... The average female income is on the rise; therefore, women are not as in need of the financial stability of a marriage. ... Arranged marriages are v...

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"This may be why home-schooled children generally score quite well on standardized tests, averaging between the sixty-fifth and ninetieth percentiles" (Sadker). ... Home schooling families hold different views as to the importance of socialization. ... Therefore, these families trust that their children come out ahead by remaining at home. ... Children in schools, on the average, spend two to three hours per day receiving education out of a six hour school day. ... They enjoy themselves, their ages, and their families. ...

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Another interesting fact that was included in the study was the comparison of grade point averages and SAT scores. "The average grade point average for a rejected white student was 3.66 with an SAT score of 1142. The average grade point average for an accepted African-American student was 3.66 with an SAT score of 1030." ... That no matter what minority that you are from you still deserve some form of compensation for the wrongs that were done not only to your ethnicity, but also to their past family relatives. ... They feel that this law is unfair, taking away more gifts that I can give to ...

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The differences between the rich and poor American families were profoundly visible in size and value of the home. ... The amount of the members in the average American household never really changes until later in the nineteenth century, however we begin to see changes as early as the 1800s when couples begin to limit the size of their families. ... The stability of a slave family was not threatened by the death of parent more like than by enforced separation by the master. ... The most common attribute of the American daily life was that American families worked as a patriarchal unit, daily ...

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Social Security in France is divided into four branches: pensions, family benefits, health insurance, and workman's compensation. ... There are a variety of funds that are available of which the resident can choose from, taking into consideration of various factors such as their health, income, place of residence and family. ... "An average of 70 percent of the cost of a visit to a family doctor or specialist is refunded. Reimbursements are on average of: 95 percent for a major surgery, 80 percent for minor surgery, 95 to 100 percent for pregnancy and childbirth, 70 percent for x-ray...

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Being independent by working hard to raise a healthy family, celebrating holidays, trying to live up to the American dream. ... Paying the bills on time, building and maintaining credit to lease or buy being accepted for a loan, abiding by the law trying to make life a little better than average. ...

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With today's opportunities that the United States provide, more and more illegal immigrants find a way to get here to have a better future not for themselves, but for their families. ... This is because an average American likes to be seen 'clean' and 'spotless' since they want to keep their reputation up as they think that they are in a "upper class" country as Kendall mentioned (333). ... These immigrants who work in the kitchens of restaurants do not care how much they make owing to the fact that they know that they are not as skilled and they won't...

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Social security is a program in the Unites States that pays cash benefits to workers and the families of those workers, who suffered loss of wages from death, disability or retirement. Savings and pension are two other ways of retirement that are supposed to be used with social security, however people often rely on social security to take care of all of there expenses. 537 dollars a month is the average benefit for a low wage retiree, which is clearly not enough money to live comfortably with. ... This system should also include a family allowance, and the whole system should be financed thro...

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Many batterers learned violent behavior growing up in an abusive family (Walker 1980). An estimated 3.3 million children are exposed to violence against their mothers or female caretakers by family members (American Psychological Association 1996). ... Males who witness family violence are more likely to batter their female partners as adults than are boys raised in non-violent homes (Georgia Department of Human Resources 1992). ... Children living in family violence are often themselves victims of abuse by the batterer, the battered, or both (Walton 2003). ... Children in homes where domes...

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For example, the average American or European's meal now travel hundreds or even thousands of miles from farm to table ("Food Issues: Food & Sustainability"). ... The United States, wealthy Middle Eastern families, and European Countries have a large carbon footprint due to the fact that they mostly consume commercially produced food from all over the country as well as the world. Families that are in less developed communities such as the Shingkhey Village and Tingo display smaller carbon footprints due to all of their food being locally grown. ... The average American or Europ...

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There is of great results in my scheme, which would prevent families from giving up their children to adoption agencies because of poor child support resulting from the lack of jobs being eaten up by illegal Mexicans, which often occurs too frequently. ... The number of Mexicans entering this nation tally up to about an average of a forty percent increase every year in California alone. ... It is a fact to me that the average immigrant in age and stature would be in fair shape with very lean meat, that would taste very much like a "Slim Jim" snack. ... I am positive that a fattened up Mexican ...

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