This quantitative study describes results of cross-sectional demographical research conducted on minority women and Millennial women to address their reported lower levels of financial literacy. This study potentially disrupts the status quo of low financial literacy levels among women and young adults shown in past research by seeking to…

This study aims to reveal significant factors affecting the Korean language proficiency of immigrants in Korea by comparing the two immigrant groups that constitute the largest sector of the foreign-born population in Korea, migrant workers and marriage-migrant women. A comprehensive survey was conducted on a total of 136 migrant workers and 136…

This study explores the perspectives of three girls, identified through progressive sampling, from an original study of over 100 children's behaviour in, and feelings towards, literacy and, in the latter stages, all subjects, across one academic year. Through observational and semi-structured interview data, the girls' dissatisfaction,…

The present paper investigated the role of distance education in the expansion of educational facilities for females at higher levels of education in Pakistan. The findings of the study report that distance education is playing a vital role in the expansion of female education at higher level as such females who, due to some personal or social…

Since the opening up of private universities and colleges in the Kuwait education system in the late 1990s, there has been an explosion of tertiary institutions (both domestic and international) established in the country, with many of them offering vocational education and training. The move towards vocational and educational training forms part…

Substantial amounts of research and data detail the challenges female faculty face in the academy. These include unequal pay for similarly situated individuals, disparities between female representation within the professoriate and student population, and perceptions and accepted modes of behavior that have the effect of disenfranchising women as…

Presents data from the 1979 American Home Economics Association survey on 11,229 home economists employed full time (68 percent of all respondents). Illustrates how education, sex, minority status, academic major, and type of employer affect home economists' incomes. (SK)

Occupational success is associated with single status but the relationship is not statistically significant. The relationship between education and single status, however, is significant. Results suggest that single status results from educational success. (Author)

Among Malaysian females, changes in education and enrollment account for much of the trend toward later marriage. Increase in age at first conception across cohorts and ethnic groups (Malay, Chinese, Indian) is fully accounted for by cohort and ethnic differences in the age at marriage. (Author/SK)

This book contends that in the United States, manner of speech and educational background reflect cultural status, and it attempts to prove through interviews with six American women that what is described as illiteracy is in fact shutting down in response to those in positions of power. After an introduction, "Language, Literacy, and…

Urban residential and Christian religious background and higher levels of educational attainment yield a later marriage age. Findings suggest that benefits accruing from higher social status, greater education, and delayed marriage are lessened by a shorter marriage/first birth interval. (Author)

The discrepancy between the theory and practice of equality of the sexes in China is documented. (AG)

After the introduction defined poverty and the feminization of poverty, this paper cited U.S. Census data that includes earnings, family status, and education attained which were posited as major factors for the economic condition of women. The first section on earnings presented female-dominated occupations, such as secretaries, teachers,…

Evaluates the success of financial aid programs in increasing college choices for minorities and women of high and low achievement in Illinois. Contrasts the goal of increasing choice with that of broadening access to postsecondary education, and urges that the two objectives be resolved. (MCG)

Presents a revision of Scanzoni's model of female status attainment. Analysis of Scanzoni's data provided strong support for the revision. Findings suggest that women's sex role attitudes are pivotal influences on income and continuity in the labor market. (Author/RC)