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    Do You Have Children?

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    Do you have children? If not, do you plan on having children in the future? Voluntary childless marriages have become a growing trend ever since the end of 1964s and have become even bigger at the start of 2006. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 's Current Population Survey, in 2014 about 47.6 percent of women between the age 15 and 44 had never had children. One might ask what’s the primary cause of childless couples.Childless couples are caused because of young couples seeking higher levels

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    19.1% of the residents, Irish comes in at 7.4%, U.S born makes up 12.7%, English is 10.7%, Italian 7.7% and Polish coming in at 5.6%. A very low percentage of the population is foreign-born residents. Hampstead has only 5.8% foreign-born, while the state of Maryland comes in at 14.2% (Hampstead, Maryland, 2017). Morbidity and Mortality This author was unable to find valuable information about the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Hampstead. The writer has called the Carroll community hospital

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    Poverty and Homicide Essay

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    the increase of homicide rates. The null hypothesis states that there is no significance relationship between poverty and homicide. The alternative hypothesis states that there will be a significant relationship between poverty and homicide. The two theories I found to explain the increase of poverty and homicide rates in the urban community are Merton’s strain theory and Shaw and McKay’s social disorganization theory. Merton’s strain theory states that social structures limits access to the goal of

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    Wal-Mart to independent mom and pop shops. The methodology behind the survey is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department Commerce (“Monthly and annual retail trade methodology”). The sample is known as the Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) that produces “national estimates of total

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    two different states, Nevada and Wisconsin lay at two very

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    comparison of Barrington’s data to that of the United States as a whole, some conclusions can be drawn. These data reveal a strong correlation between Barrington’s lack of economic inequality, and lack of demographic and social diversity. Barrington, Illinois is what many would consider to be a very economically homogeneous city, a vital characteristic in examining its inequality (or lack thereof). It is one of the generally more wealthy cities in the State of Illinois, with a median household income

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    Introduction The definition of Community, Netting, Kettner, McMurty and Thomas (2012) stated by Warren (1978) “Community is the combination of social units and systems that perform the major social functions relevant to meeting people’s needs on a local level.”(p.133). Understanding communities is important to social workers as they have, Netting et al (2012) “to know individuals functions within larger systems, understanding of its history and that communities constantly change” (p. 168). A community

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    Homelessness Catherine Vivi ABS 497 Applied Behavioral Sciences Capstone Instructor Theresa Cruz June 29, 2015 Ashford University     Homelessness Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located between the two larger cities in central Florida those being Tampa to the west and Orlando to the east. While interventions to interrupt and end homelessness may vary across groups, ending homelessness permanently requires housing combined with the types of services supported by programs

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    The American Dream

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    continues to thrive today, no matter the trials nor tribulations. In this particular day and age, we consider the development of the American millennial generation and their pursuit of said dream. According to the most recent data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, homeownership among millennials has been on a steady decrease since 2004 falling from roughly less than 45% to less than 35% (Annual Homeownership Rates

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    cultural landscape. Specifically, I addressed the housing, economics, importance of history, and religion in the Fredericksburg area. All of these aspects are crucial in interpreting the cultural landscape of Fredericksburg. According to the United States Census Bureau, Fredericksburg has a total population of 321,418,820. The racial composition of the city is 77.1% White alone, 13.3% Black or African American alone, 17.6% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6%

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