over the entire country was surveyed in the Consumer Expenditure Survey of the 64th round of NSS, carried out in 2007-08. LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION IN 2007-08 Average Monthly Per Capita consumer Expenditure (MPCE) in 2007-08 was Rs.772 in rural India and Rs.1472 in urban India at 2007-08 prices. About 65% of the rural population had MPCE lower than the national rural average. For urban India the corresponding proportion was 66%. The survey estimated that in 2007-08, around one-half of the Indian rural population
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Rokeach Value Survey On the following two pages are two lists of values, each in alphabetical order. Each value is accompanied by a short description and a blank space. Your goal is to rank each value in its order of importance to you for each of the two lists. Study each list and think of how much each value may act as a guiding principle in your life. To begin, select the value that is of most importance to you. Write the number 1 in the blank space next to that value. Next,
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Purpose The purpose of this project is to determine what affect a female’s level of educational attainment (DEGREE)has on her employment status (UNEMPLOYED) while holding constant the overall percentage of females(FEMALE), opportunities represented by her location/state’s gross domestic product (GDP), and the makeup of the workforce (WORKFORCE). The independent variables DEGREE, FEMALE, GDP, and WORKFORCE determine the dependent variable UNEMPLOYED. The most important independent
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According to Pease, 2002 “crimes are those actions deemed so disturbing to citizens or disruptive to society as to justify state inventions.” In England crime is measured using two different methods, the British Crime Survey (BCS) and police reported crime. The BCS is a large survey of a representative sample of people aged 16 and over where it asks people about the experiences if any of crime. Police recorded crime however covers crime which have been reported and recorded by the police.
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Rokeach Value Survey On the following two pages are two lists of values, each in alphabetical order. Each value is accompanied by a short description and a blank space. Your goal is to rank each value in its order of importance to you for each of the two lists. Study each list and think of how much each value may act as a guiding principle in your life. To begin, select the value that is of most importance to you. Write the number 1 in the blank space next to that value. Next,
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Activity 9.3 The extent to which you experience stress and how you cope with it may depend on your resilience and your ability to cope with the stressors you encounter. 1. Examine a stressful situation that you encountered in the past 12 months. 2. How did you manage the situation? You may want to refer to your study guide (Figures 1 & 2) 3. Could this be managed more effectively if you confront the same problem again? 1. Antai-Otong (2001, p.35) states ‘Stress often emanates
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income dynamics and poverty among rural households in Bangladesh. A unique panel data set allows us to put the effects of recent events in the context of long-run trends in income and poverty. We use data from a nationally representative longitudinal survey of rural households in Bangladesh collected in four waves in 1988, 2000, 2004, and 2008. Nargis and Hossain (2006) analysed income dynamics and poverty incidence for the first three waves, finding a declining trend in both the incidence and severity
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Rape: A Modern Crime RAPE: A MODERN CRIME The definition of forcible rape was established in the 1920s and has remained relatively unchanged since that time. According to the FBIs website, rape is narrowly defined as “The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.” While the FBIs Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) shows
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE I INTRODUCTION: • Crime and violence • Workplace violence a major concern • The three entities involved II STATISTICS • The Bureau of Justice Statistics • Statistics from 1992 to 1996 • National Crime Victimization Survey and The Bureau of Labor Statistic III WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE • Responsibility of Law Enforcement • The impact and ramification • The direction of Law Enforcement IV WORKPLACE VIOLENCE A CORRECTIONAL ISSUE • Correctional
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tests of statistical significance to see whether it is reasonable to infer these associations to the population represented by the survey. Obtain and consider strength of association statistics and reflect on what these show / mean. Succinctly summarise these two analyses in one paragraph. When looking at this crosstabulation of data from the British Crime Survey regarding the relationship between gender and fear of being raped (see Appendix 1) it seems clear that women are much more worried
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