A data of students in the urban and rural area institutions of N-W.F.P (Pakistan) and control group was collected to examine the different socio-economic factor which affects our education system. The logistic regression was applied to analyze the data and to select a parsimonious model. The response variable for the study is literate (illiterate) person(s) and the risk factors are Father liter...

The present study attempts to study the level of environmental awareness and attitudes towards environmental education among Secondary School students of Golaghat district in the state of Assam. The sample consisted of 200 students which includes 100 boys and 100 girls. The Descriptive Survey Method was employed for the present study. Environmental awareness, attitude and socio-economic scale w...

background: normal vaginal delivery (nvd) is defined as the best method of delivery. however, unfortunately its rate is decreasing because of the increasing rate of cesarean section (c/s). low level of knowledge about delivery mode and negative attitude toward nvd are some of the reasons for the patients selecting cesarean. the purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitudes of p...

the attitude of 13% of two rural districts population in the north of tehran towards mental illness was examined through a questionnaire devised for this study findings indicate that the variables of education and socio – economic class were inversely correlated with an attitude of pessimism toward mental patients. furthermore, the variable of age was positively correlated with pessimism. on th...

The empirical literature on economic growth agrees that institutions and governance are important determinants of long-run economic growth rates. As a stylized fact, this literature points to a strong correlation between the level of GDP per capita and the general development level of institutions and governance. However, the growth rate of GDP per capita itself, as well as other indicators tha...

This paper studies the development possibilities of the energy systems of four Central Asia and Caspian countries. It explores options that improve their domestic energy efficiencies and increase their export of fossil energy commodities. Using the MARKAL-TIMES modelling tool, it represents their energy system with a bottom-up partial economic equilibrium growth model. With the help of scenario...

this article has been written based on the findings of the research project “attitudes of the young people of mashhad (age-group 19-29) to religion”. the purpose of the project was to find out these attitudes, to identify cognitive , ………….. other two. there was 54.9% of consistency among the attitude elements. also, in 45.1% of the cases there was no complete consistency among the three element...

Ignorance, fear and superstition surround the problems of hanseniasis. In almost all cultures the predominant attitude is emotion, disgust and rejection towards persons suffering from this disease. All efforts aimed at the control of hanseniasis are doomed to failure unless the significance of stigma and associated social and economic factors are given adequate consideration. A programme of des...

This paper analyses the importance of financial dis-incentives for workers in Denmark. Based on a panel survey which is merged to a number of administrative registers it is possible to calculate precise measures of the economic incentives for labour force participants between employment in a full time job and being on unemployment insurance benefits and considering also the fixed costs of work....