Definitions of equal opportunity became more sophisticated, referring increasingly to wealth, region, physical disability, race, sex, or ethnic origin, rather than simply to access.
All models control for demographic factors previously found to be associated with facility delivery including age, education, ethnicity, employment status, religion, parity, wealth, region, and time period (baseline or midline) [ 24].
The release also breaks down household wealth by region.
The map below shows median household total wealth, by region between 2006/08 and 2010/12.
Many bankers say that despite its vast wealth, the region has not developed as they expected.
The accompanying charts break down the results by both wealth and region.
Its SkyPark, convention facilities, art installations and so on are all set in a visually striking modern complex approached via the "world's first curved double-helix bridge".Thanks to rising Asian wealth, the region's tourism industry has excellent growth prospects.
The multivariate analysis showed that primary and secondary educations are associated with age, wealth quintile, region and religion.
The adjusted associations of education and birth order are of the same magnitude as for wealth but region is the strongest covariate, with an AIC value of 686.
Next, we included mid-life social and economic variables assessed at the 1992 wave: marital status (never married, married, separated, divorced, widowed, or living with a partner), years of schooling, income, net wealth, and region of current residence (Midwest, South, West, and Northeast, which is the reference group).
While dutifully observing that there are just as many disparities in wealth within regions as between them, he admits that the south is racing ahead.
