The purpose of this article is to contribute to the analysis of subjective well-being in the cities of Mexico through the theoretical formalization and empirical verification of a quantitative model.The variables come...The purpose of this article is to contribute to the analysis of subjective well-being in the cities of Mexico through the theoretical formalization and empirical verification of a quantitative model.The variables come from the constructs of the self-reported well-being module(BIARE);and they are called:overall satisfaction with life,sense of fullness,affect balance,and satisfaction domains.The equations were constructed using ordinary least squares regression with the BIARE databases of 2014 and 2017.The analysis of the behavior pattern of variables conduced to findings of urban society’s expectations of well-being and concerns in the period analyzed.Variables quality of life-and-self-realization and overall satisfaction with life have the greatest weight in the model equations.Besides,it was determined that emotional balance and citizen security condition the model.Finally,a relevant finding was that religion restricts the sense of fulness since it represents a well-being project with an opposite logic.展开更多
Violence against university students and among them is analyzed on campus and the household as well as the relationships of violence between these two social spaces.The study was undertaken through an anonymous random...Violence against university students and among them is analyzed on campus and the household as well as the relationships of violence between these two social spaces.The study was undertaken through an anonymous random survey in the two larger public universities in a Mexican medium-sized city.Overall violence and types of violence-verbal,psychological,sexual,and physical-were evaluated by sex and by universities;and the aggressors were identified.A students’concept of violence was built,considering causes of intimate-partner violence,violence in general and ethical judgment on gender violence.Finally,it was measured the relationships between violence on campus and in the household using bivariate statistical analysis.Findings indicate the main aggressors on campus are classmates and professors,whereas in the household are the mother,relatives together with the parents and relatives without the parents.On-campus,there were found statistically significant associations between professors-aggressors and students as victims of violence by sex.In the household,the bivariate analysis confirmed mothers as single aggressors and fathers exerting violence together with relatives against student-children;and direct relationships between on-campus(psychological and sexual violence)and domestic(physical and sexual violence).展开更多
The Program of Cocinas Comunitarias in the state of Oaxaca,Mexico benefits children aged 6 to 12 who attend primary education schools in low-income municipalities.It is hoped that this food assistance program will all...The Program of Cocinas Comunitarias in the state of Oaxaca,Mexico benefits children aged 6 to 12 who attend primary education schools in low-income municipalities.It is hoped that this food assistance program will allow children to learn better and develop learning skills.In this way,a significant reduction in the grade failure rates and dropout rates is expected,which will be reflected in a higher graduation efficiency rates.In fact,the contribution of this work consists of a methodology for the analysis of the impact of the food subsidy on the academic performance of low-income primary education students.In this sense,a multivariate model was constructed to analyze the interrelationships between grade failure,dropout,graduation efficiency rates,food subsidy,and the socio-demographic characteristics of the population that attends primary education.The Mexican government expects from this program that the more low-income children complete primary education,the more likely that a higher number of adolescents will complete high school education.This scheme is very important for the country’s half population living in poverty and especially in Oaxaca State which is one of poorest states.展开更多
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文摘The purpose of this article is to contribute to the analysis of subjective well-being in the cities of Mexico through the theoretical formalization and empirical verification of a quantitative model.The variables come from the constructs of the self-reported well-being module(BIARE);and they are called:overall satisfaction with life,sense of fullness,affect balance,and satisfaction domains.The equations were constructed using ordinary least squares regression with the BIARE databases of 2014 and 2017.The analysis of the behavior pattern of variables conduced to findings of urban society’s expectations of well-being and concerns in the period analyzed.Variables quality of life-and-self-realization and overall satisfaction with life have the greatest weight in the model equations.Besides,it was determined that emotional balance and citizen security condition the model.Finally,a relevant finding was that religion restricts the sense of fulness since it represents a well-being project with an opposite logic.
文摘Violence against university students and among them is analyzed on campus and the household as well as the relationships of violence between these two social spaces.The study was undertaken through an anonymous random survey in the two larger public universities in a Mexican medium-sized city.Overall violence and types of violence-verbal,psychological,sexual,and physical-were evaluated by sex and by universities;and the aggressors were identified.A students’concept of violence was built,considering causes of intimate-partner violence,violence in general and ethical judgment on gender violence.Finally,it was measured the relationships between violence on campus and in the household using bivariate statistical analysis.Findings indicate the main aggressors on campus are classmates and professors,whereas in the household are the mother,relatives together with the parents and relatives without the parents.On-campus,there were found statistically significant associations between professors-aggressors and students as victims of violence by sex.In the household,the bivariate analysis confirmed mothers as single aggressors and fathers exerting violence together with relatives against student-children;and direct relationships between on-campus(psychological and sexual violence)and domestic(physical and sexual violence).
文摘The Program of Cocinas Comunitarias in the state of Oaxaca,Mexico benefits children aged 6 to 12 who attend primary education schools in low-income municipalities.It is hoped that this food assistance program will allow children to learn better and develop learning skills.In this way,a significant reduction in the grade failure rates and dropout rates is expected,which will be reflected in a higher graduation efficiency rates.In fact,the contribution of this work consists of a methodology for the analysis of the impact of the food subsidy on the academic performance of low-income primary education students.In this sense,a multivariate model was constructed to analyze the interrelationships between grade failure,dropout,graduation efficiency rates,food subsidy,and the socio-demographic characteristics of the population that attends primary education.The Mexican government expects from this program that the more low-income children complete primary education,the more likely that a higher number of adolescents will complete high school education.This scheme is very important for the country’s half population living in poverty and especially in Oaxaca State which is one of poorest states.