Lower fertility rates by age and higher educational attainment levels were noted among the women taking part in the study.

Figure 3 Educational attainment by ethnocultural origin

Factors taken into consideration were occupation, educational attainment and disabled status.

Then there are the indicators that link educational attainment and employment status.

Rising educational attainment is helping to promote more technologically sophisticated exports as well.

Above all, it means addressing the income disparities in educational opportunity and attainment.

No details are available on educational attainment levels for male and female indigenous students.

In spite of high level educational attainment, women remained marginalized in the labour market.

Many reports also cited studies correlating women apos s educational attainment with fertility levels.

Therefore, many policies and programmes exist for the improvement of women apos s educational attainment.

Studies in Ireland have shown a strong correlation between long term unemployment and low educational attainment.

Moreover, the challenge of raising educational quality and attainment, especially of girls and women, remains a priority.

To address the skills gap, the US must boost the educational attainment of current and future workers.

They find that if you control for educational attainment and skills, financial jobs were highly paid until the Great Depression of the 1930s, higher than the quality of the people who held the jobs would imply.

The distance from home to the educational institution remains a consideration from the primary level to the higher educational levels.

(a) Expand educational coverage, which necessitates some combination of higher national budgetary allocations to the educational sector, cost recovery systems and or higher proportions of donor assistance directed to the social sectors

They have also been found to aid infants cognitive development and children s educational attainment, thus boosting countries economic growth potential.

As mentioned above, female literacy and educational attainment are perceived as closely linked to the health status of a population.

The rise in educational attainment of Sri Lankan women is considered the single most important factor contributing to fertility decline.

Active participation, higher education and establishment of educational systems for and by indigenous peoples

Private educational establishments may implement programmes of pre school, primary, secondary and higher education.

Education also affects the inter generational formation of human capital, with the education of mothers influencing the educational attainment of children.

Because of cultural norms and perceptions, women and girls often suffer from low educational attainment, both in absolute and relative terms.

Studies have shown that a mother's low educational attainment is the factor most consistently related to malnutrition among children in developing countries.

Free higher education in state and communal educational establishments is provided on a competitive basis.

The persistent gap between female and male literacy rates and educational attainment thus highlights one of the main barriers to improving health conditions.

Low educational attainment, large numbers of children, time consuming household duties and cultural norms all hinder women from participating in the labour force.

(k) Support enrolment of indigenous persons in teacher training programmes, colleges and relevant higher educational institutions

With limited educational attainment, if not illiterate, unfamiliar with their rights and existing laws, immigrant women are most vulnerable to discrimination, exploitation and abuse.

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That is, the higher one's intelligence or educational level, the less one is likely to be religious.

The Law On Higher Educational Establishments as well as other legal acts regulate the higher professional education of the second level and the awarding the respective qualifications.

In the academic year 2003 2004 there were 627 full time educational institutions providing general education, 38 educational institutions providing evening courses or distance learning, and 71 educational institutions providing vocational, higher vocational or specialised secondary education.

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But, as the US economy recovers, technological change is accelerating, fueling demand for more skills at a time when the workforce s educational attainment levels have plateaued.

In other words, meeting Africa s need for significantly higher educational capacity over the next few decades will require private providers.

The survey findings also include a need for reducing school drop out rates and that educational status is higher among females.

A fourth type of explanation is that people with higher intelligence in childhood tend to attain better educational qualifications, work in more professional jobs, have higher incomes, and live in more affluent areas.

Part of Bhutan s GNH revolves, of course, around meeting basic needs improved health care, reduced maternal and child mortality, greater educational attainment, and better infrastructure, especially electricity, water, and sanitation.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for workers with low levels of educational attainment to find high paying jobs in any sector, even when the economy is operating near full capacity.

Improving educational attainment, particularly of girls, would also have an impact on population dynamics, since education is known to influence demographic behaviour with respect to nuptiality, fertility, health and migration.

77. In Tunisia, WFP targets its assistance specifically to schools in deprived rural communities, so as to reduce urban rural disparities in national enrolment levels and educational access and attainment.

However, for China to succeed, higher investment in research and development, together with a fundamental overhaul of the educational system, is essential.

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15. Requests the Secretary General to cooperate with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in its efforts to bring about the attainment of the objectives of the present resolution