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Going the distance

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The United States is witness to numerous migrations, as many citizens are constantly moving from one part of the country to another. In addition, some 14 million residents move to other countries annually, while an estimated 840,000 illegal immigrants enter the US in the same time frame.

Author: Doyle, Rodger
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2000
Statistics, Human beings, Humans, Emigration and immigration, Population geography, Emmigration and immgration

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Civic culture: Variable sense of civic duty affects voter turnout

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Political scientists have measured civic culture known as civic republicanism among the ancestry groups in the U.S. where the Americans of Scandinavian and British descent have the highest levels of civic culture with those of French, Irish and Dutch descent. It is stated that education, contributes to the ethos of civic culture and play an independent role in voter turnout.

Author: Doyle, Rodger
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Political Scientists, Evaluation, Republicanism

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Living together: in the U.S. cohabitation is here to stay

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The advantages and disadvantages of a cohabitation family are discussed. Some evidence supports that cohabitation is a good training for marriage, but it lacks personal relationship and can end in discord and divorce.

Author: Doyle, Rodger
Publisher: Scientific American, Inc.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 2004
Cohabitation

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