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Dilmaghani, Maryam – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Over the years, many upstream health policies have sought to reduce smoking across populations. While smoking has been substantially reduced, the effects of these policies on education-smoking gradient remain unclear. The present paper compares the education-smoking gradient among the Generation X and the millennials, who grew up with…
Descriptors: Smoking, Incidence, Public Policy, Public Health
Do, Deniz – Statistics Canada, 2020
This report is part of a series of documents released in conjunction with the United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent (2015 to 2024) and Black History Month. It aims to provide insight into some of the key socioeconomic characteristics of Canada's Black communities. The first report in this series titled "Diversity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Statistics Canada, 2009
The data in this report are drawn from the "University and College Academic Staff Survey" ("UCASS"). Conducted since 1946, "UCASS" presents a national picture of the socio-economic characteristics of full-time university teachers in degree-granting institutions. The information is conducted annually, with a reference…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Characteristics, Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries
Depatie, Raymond; And Others – 1975
The focus of this study was to identify schools, located on the Island of Montreal, which may be called "disadvantaged area schools", or, in other words, to identify schools in which a considerable proportion of the students come from disadvantaged areas. Three factors are discussed which are said to produce considerable difficulties in…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Characteristics, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Alleyne, E. Patrick; Verner, Coolie – 1969
The study investigated the adoption behavior of 100 strawberry growers (including 32 Mennonites and 23 Japanese) in the lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Adoption of six selected practices was examined in relation to socioeconomic characteristics and ethnicity. Findings included the following: (1) ethnic groups differed significantly on…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance
COCKBURN, PATRICIA; RAYMOND, YVONNE R. – 1967
TO MEASURE THE EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL OF CANADIAN WOMEN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, TO INTEREST GOVERNMENT IN RETRAINING PROFESSIONAL WOMEN, AND TO ASSESS THE INTEREST OF WOMEN IN CONTINUING THEIR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, A MAIL SURVEY WAS MADE OF 10,000 MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, 500 NON-MEMBER GRADUATES, AND 850 FRENCH-SPEAKING…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Career Choice, Child Care, College Credits