It is estimated that 17 percent of the population is undernourished. ... A minimum-wage law (requiring wages of from $2.50 to $5 per day) went into effect in 1992, which helped keep wages ahead of inflation through 1994. ... About 54 percent of the population has access to health care, but the majority of doctors are around Guatemala City. ... Guatemala's population, the largest of any Central American country, is 12,974,361 (2001 estimate). ... Guatemala has a young population, with 16 percent under age 5 and 26 percent age 5 to 15 in 2001. ...

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• Approx Pages: 9

Improving the level of women's education can help reduce population, and improve health of family members. ... Women, half of the population, have made great contribution to society, but they are still in a condition without any rights. ... In America, before 1992, female members of legislative body had only taken 5.6 percent, but now the rate has risen to 10 percent. ...

• Word Count: 1297
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Blacks comprise 12 percent of the U.S. population but 41 percent of those on death row and 35 percent of those executed between 1977-2001 were Black, according to the Justice Department Bureau of Justice statistics. ... According to Dallas Morning News 1992, "Each death penalty case costs Texas an average of 2.3 million dollars. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless, estimates of the homeless population in the United States in 2013 range from 610,042 people (Henry, et al.) to 3.5 million people (NSCHH). ... Stephanie Goldberg explains why the courts found a 1992 Santa Ana, California ordinance prohibiting camping unconstitutional in her article, "Homeless Victory," The court held that the ordinance infringed on the right to travel by giving the homeless two choices – to go to jail or move to another town. ...

• Word Count: 2455
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate