Assessment 1 Use the census data available on Welsh to build up a picture of what happened to a chosen small area of Wales over a period for which data is available in the census. The focus of your discussion should be on the rise/fall/stability of the minority language. Try to use data about the age of speakers, and degree of literacy. For this essay, I plan to look at what has happened to the number of speakers of Welsh in both Swansea and the Lliw Valley over time by using census data, comparing
Completely adverse to the Conservatives was the Labour Party. After three terms of Conservative rule, the Labour Party was seen as young, fresh... ... middle of paper ... ... shows a trend that in 1997 it was an Anti-Tory election, and in 2001 it was Anti-any party election. This may have been mainly due to party de-alignment where they basically all have the same policies (Labour are said to be as right as the Tories). This election has shown the parties that less people are interested
occupation of people and type of local government. The multidimensional character of urban areas posed hindrance in giving a precise definition for them. The census of India until 1951 defined an urban settlement based on municipalities and the population of area. The 1961 census adopted a strict definition which is modified in 1971 census to treat all places satisfying
sporting activities. This piece of writing will be defining the impact social class division has on the opportunities for an individual to participate in sport and leisure activities. Also the key aspects of the social class system within the United Kingdom, from the traditional methods of social stratification, to the modern 7 class system released in 2013 by the British Broadcast Corporation (BBC). The term 'Social Class' or 'Socioeconomic Groups' , refer to an individuals status within society
Communities have always existed inside of the United Kingdom. During centuries, Catholics and Protestants have fought and torn the country apart. Communities have always tried to live in harmony with each other but conflicts have often been inevitable. Today violence has stopped. However differences between communities can still be observed. It is the historical immigration context of the United Kingdom which has originally resulted to the apparition of the term 'multiculturalism ' in the 1970s
Being a socio-cultural construct, language undergoes changes with change in society. This change works at two levels: at the level of words and at the level of syntax. Centuries of British rule over India resulted in changes in Punjabi language, adding new words into it which were borrowed from English. Words coming from diverse areas –such as military profession, products of industrialisation, register of law and administration and things of common usage- got included in Punjabi. Quite often these
United Kingdom and Philippines Health Care for Elders Justin Gungap HS 3060 Global Aging Introduction The world wasn't born yesterday and so is our population. The aging population remains a problem today for the rest of the world. The aging population effects the elder population in may ways. The aging mass is an issue where people over 65 years old is higher than the number of younger mass. There are projections all over the world where the aging mass will increase in the upcoming centuries
to the base of $12,060 for each additional member(“Federal Poverty Level Guidelines”). According to the last U.S. census, over 45 million or 14.5% of Americans are at or below the poverty line(Worstall). At this level, the U.S. poverty level has not changed much from the 1970s when the government began a “War on Poverty.” However,
Homosexual Families and Parenthood across Cultures Not so long ago in United States family was defined as; a couple, a man and a woman with children. Times have changed. Today, people are moving away from this definition and now going for a modern description of what family refers to. From divorced parents, single par-ents, no children families, and gay parents they are all now included to this new definition. Ac-cording to the national census bureau “A family consists of two or more people (one of whom is
George Lucas Inc. But the Jedi’s in the movies and the Jedi’s that follow the quickly emerging religion of Jediism are on two different wave lengths. According to the last Census of the United Kingdom in 2001 nearly four hundred thousand people claimed to follow Jediism. This established Jediism as a religion in the United Kingdom and also helped Jediism become recognized as the fourth largest religion, with more followers than Judaism or Buddhism (Bryan, 2011). Even with so many followers, Jedi’s
simply do not have the financial stability to be able to buy healthy food. Therefore, people with a low income are more likely to buy food that has a lot of fat and carbohydrates. The Acheson Report is a report that was published in 1998 by the United Kingdom inquiry headed by Donald Acheson. ‘The Acheson report noted that people in lower socio-economic groups: • Were more likely to be obese which would give them a higher risk of poor
and its society The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the largest countries in the Middle East. It occupies the Arabian Peninsula in the southwest of Asia. It is bounded by the Arabian Gulf, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates to the East; Yemen and Oman on the South; Red Sea and Gulf of Al-Aqaba to the West; and Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the North. Its area is about 2,240,000 square kilometers and has a population of seventeen million people according to the last census performed in 1993. Saudi
Jack Donnelly states that “Theories are beacons, lenses of filters that direct us to what, according to the theory, is essential for understanding some part of the world.” These various theories, or lenses for viewing the world help us understand the way in which countries interact and why things occur in the field of international relations. The two main schools of thought in the field are Realism and Liberalism. One must understand these theories in order to be able to understand what is happening
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Medicaid and Medicare, which is health care for the poor and elderly (Haltstead and Lind 66). This might seem like a good idea, but in fact it has lead to many problems that must be resolved quickly. America’s Broken Social Contract The current United States social contract has created many problems for the American citizens. It is possible to see many of the problems when examining the employer-based part and government-based part of the contract. The employer-based part of the social contract
Reasons Why People Homeschool In order to determine whether Homeschooling is indeed promising, one must first understand the reasons why people choose to Homeschool. According to Reich, Homeschooling is appealing to many families because of the capability to almost entirely customize education for their children. Many families want to homeschool because they do not feel that their children’s spiritual and moral needs are met in public schools. Moreover, some families choose to Homeschool in order
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adoption to be given legal status. The first laws based on adoption and foster care were passed in 1926. The peak number of adoptions was in 1968, since when there has been an enormous decline in adoption in the United Kingdom. The main reasons for children being adopted in the United Kingdom had been unmarried mothers giving up their children for adoption and step parents adopting their new partner’s
adoption to be given legal status. The first laws based on adoption and foster care were passed in 1926. The peak number of adoptions was in 1968, since when there has been an enormous decline in adoption in the United Kingdom. The main reasons for children being adopted in the United Kingdom had been unmarried mothers giving up their children for adoption and step parents adopting their new partner’s
the figures from the national statistics and look into how WPA would use them if they needed to recruit new employees both locally and nationally. Resident population and age The resident population of west Somerset, as measured in the 2001 census, was 35,075, of which 47 percent were male and 53 percent were female. The majority of the population in west Somerset are aged 30 to 59 with 38.3 percent of the population being in this age group. This is slightly less than the percentage