Word: surveys
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...attitudes toward sex, Chinese are copulating earlier, more often and with more partners than ever before. Today 70% of Beijing residents say they have had sexual relations before marriage, compared with just 15.5% in 1989, according to Li Yinhe, a sociologist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. A survey taken last January of seven major Chinese cities found that among those 14 to 20, the average age of first sexual experience was 17.4, while those 31 to 40 had lost their virginity much later, at 24.1 years old. Says Fu Zhen, 28, a teacher in Shanghai: "My parents' only...
...they tear out the pages about sex from the textbooks," says Hu Peicheng, secretary-general of the China Sexology Association in Beijing. With little knowledge of birth control, an increasing number of unmarried women are getting pregnant in a culture in which single motherhood is still taboo. A survey by Shanghai medical researcher Yan Fengting found that 65% of urban women undergoing abortions in 2004 were single, compared with just 25% in 1999. Rates of sexually transmitted diseases are skyrocketing too, with HIV infections growing most quickly among Chinese 15 to 24 years old. Brothels barely disguised as beauty salons...
...student body and the UC, which they feel has been strained recently.“When was the last time that the Undergraduate Council asked the student body what they wanted?” Hadfield questions. To repair the relationship, the two candidates are proposing a semi-annual survey to gather student input and opinions as well as inviting students to participate in UC town-hall style meetings.Amid countless flyers and posters for the opposition, some Harvard students have been puzzled by the limited number of “Magnus and Tom” campaign materials. The candidates, however, stress...
...elections. Magnus and Tom will recruit students with web experience to redesign and maintain the UC website, make videos of UC meetings available for download on the web, and encourage more candidates to get on the ballot for UC elections. They will also institute a semiannual survey of all undergraduates to find out what students really want and publish a monthly UC newsletter to improve communication with the student body...
...increasing student voice in the curricular process,” Gadgil wrote in an e-mail. “I think that SAA has the knowledge and background to conduct the open application process and pick the right representatives for the committee.” SASI conducted a survey of 126 students last spring to gauge student interest in South Asia, asking questions ranging from what areas undergraduates wanted to study to how they picked their courses and found thesis topics. Based on these results, the SASI committed itself to increase awareness of South Asian Studies. Controversy arose over...