gender differential
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenderanddifferential
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gender
noun
uk/ˈdʒen.dər/us/ˈdʒen.dɚ/
a group of people in a society who share particular qualities or ways of behaving which that society associates with being male, female, or ...
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differential
noun[C]
uk/ˌdɪf.əˈren.ʃəl/us/ˌdɪf.əˈren.ʃəl/
an amount of difference between things that ...
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(Definition ofgenderanddifferentialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thus, criminality does not seem to be the explanation for thegenderdifferentialin our results.
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One notable difference between the countries was with thegenderdifferentialin the prevalence of low educational status.
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Thegenderdifferentialis clear up to 70 years of age.
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Thegenderdifferentialis even more striking in the process of formation of a new family.
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It can be seen from these results that thegenderdifferentialis steady at around 10 per cent in girls' favour every year.
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Moreover, it appears clearly that thegenderdifferentialis more pronounced among miners than in any other occupational group.
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Other studies have found agenderdifferentialin mortality rates by marital status.
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We found a stronggenderdifferentialin the protective role of marriage, with men significantly favoured over women.
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Thegenderdifferentialis, of course, apparent here.
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Thisgenderdifferentialis one of the issues that require most attention from several perspectives and by the universities.
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Furthermore, there is likely to be agenderdifferentialin the ' retirement effect ', with more men than women enrolling to manage the transition from work to retirement.
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Thegenderdifferentialfor this age group widened in the 1980s, and in the 1990s, 31 per cent of women, but 38 per cent of men, reported limited chronic illness.
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These data would then overestimate lifetime contributions, especially for women, and underestimate thegenderdifferentialin pensions for the average woman stemming from the private pillar.
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The two youngest five-year age groups displayed the greatest gender differentials, but after 70 years of age, the differences were much less.
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The age differentials for women are remarkably clear, but both age and gender differentials in old age are narrowing.
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Almost the same gender differentials were found for the preferred retirement age.
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These changes have mixed implications for gender differentials in labour market participation and access to economic resources.
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The gender differentials in the likelihood of remarriage could be explained from a marriage-market perspective and from an institutional perspective.
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Studies exploring gender differentials in the impact of partner violence on children's behavioral adjustment are similarly disparate.
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