enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Residential segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_segregation_in...

    In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted New Deal reforms that involved segregating some of these integrated working-class neighborhoods. To combat a housing shortage due to the Great Depression, FDR started public housing projects for working-class families, all of which were segregated, and most of which were limited to White ...

  3. Race and health - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_health

    Multiple sclerosis, for example, is typically associated with people of European descent, but due to admixture African Americans have elevated levels of the disorder relative to Africans. [82] Some diseases and physiological variables vary depending upon their admixture ratios. Examples include measures of insulin functioning [83] and obesity. [84]

  4. Racial segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation_in_the...

    [116]: 59–60, 68, 72 According to a 2012 study found that "credit markets enabled a substantial fraction of Hispanic families to live in neighborhoods with fewer black families, even though a substantial fraction of black families were moving to more racially integrated areas. The net effect is that credit markets increased racial segregation."

  5. Housing segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_segregation_in_the...

    Another behavioral influence of residential segregation is the effect on social networks created. Friendships and marriages tend to occur at a higher probability among people living in close proximities. In other words, people who are spatially separate are less likely to form lasting relationships. [10]

  6. Psychological impact of discrimination on health - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_impact_of...

    Research on the impact of sexual assault on health in women populations find that targets of sexual harassment experience a range of mental health outcomes– including depression, anxiety, fear, guilt, shame, anger, and PTSD– [99] and physical health problems such as headaches, digestive system issues, and sleep disorders. [100]

  7. Racial segregation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation

    Sadiq Rahma, technical committee head, who is a member of Al Wefaq, said: "The rules we are drawing up are designed to protect the rights of both the families and the Asian bachelors (..) these labourers often have habits which are difficult for families living nearby to tolerate (..) they come out of their homes half dressed, brew alcohol ...

  8. 270 Reasons Women Choose Not To Have Children - The ...

    data.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/choosing-childfree

    The HuffPost/YouGov poll consisted of 3,000 completed interviews conducted May 8 to 29 among U.S. adults, including 124 women who are childless and reported not wanting children in the future. It was conducted using a sample selected from YouGov's opt-in online panel to match the demographics and other characteristics of the adult U.S. population.

  9. Indian hospital - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Hospital

    Evacuees could not go ashore to collect their belongings, say good-bye, or make arrangements for their families - children were often adopted by neighbours and family members in Inuit communities. [26] Children, even infants, who were diagnosed with tuberculosis would be taken from their parents and sent with the boat.