Affirmative asthma status was determined by the child reporting ever having asthma ("Have you ever had asthma?", n = 659), recent breathing difficulties or wheeze ("In the last month, have you had breathing difficulties or wheeze?", n = 672), or both (n = 508).
Affirmative asthma status ('asthma' hereafter) was identified among adolescents self-reporting to the questions "have you ever had asthma?", and "in the last month, have you had breathing difficulties or wheeze?", in line with guidelines set out by the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) (Asher et al., 2006).
While a strong majority has affirmed the status quo on affirmative action, for now, advocates of racial justice have much work ahead of us before the next time this issue reaches the high court.
Post-blackness entails a different perspective from earlier generations', one that takes for granted what they fought for: equal rights, integration, middle-class status, affirmative action and political power.
"In the next 15 years, the courts are going to decide on issues very vital to our lives, such as whether campaign finance reform survives, whether choice survives, affirmative action survives, the status of the environment.
If pregnancy occurred within the time a woman reported having smoked, we recorded smoking status as affirmative.
To the Editor: "College Diversity Nears Its Last Stand" (Sunday Review, Oct. 16) offers insight into the legal status of race-based affirmative action in college admissions.
"College Diversity Nears Its Last Stand" (Sunday Review, Oct. 16) offers insight into the legal status of race-based affirmative action in college admissions.
Because of the makeup of Texas school districts, the rule, combined with an affirmative action policy based on socioeconomic status, had the effect of bringing more minorities to the school.
The PWD Act talks about equal opportunities and non-discrimination but does not cover any affirmative action to improve the health status or health care access of persons with disabilities.
