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    The Cause of Divorce In today’s world‚ marriage is a common institution. Unfortunately‚ divorce is also a common practice in today’s world as well. Divorce rates are currently at an all-time high‚ with half of all marriages ending in break ups. Although each divorce is different‚ there appear to be four main causes‚ which include: changes in the roles of women‚ modern stress‚ lack of communication‚ and substance abuse. One major cause of the recent rise in divorce rates is a social one. In the

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    America’s most prominent and problematic issue. Population growth‚ the U.S. population is growing by over 2‚000‚000 people per year‚ 240 people per hour‚ about half from new births and half from immigration. An issue that not only devastatingly impacts our economy‚ but is rapidly depleting our environment. Such as‚ the Central Valley Aquifer which loses the water equivalent of 1 Lake Mead each year. The underlying factor catalyzing the rapid growth in population was the swift progression in technology.

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    and Prevention predict that by the year 2030‚ 42 percent of all Americans will be obese(Centers).  According to the most recent found data‚ obesity rates during adulthood now exceed 35 percent in four states. The growing rate of obesity in America is too vast to be reversed.     One main cause for the growing obesity rate in the United States is the amount of fast food restaurants. Fast food restaurants are around every corner‚ everywhere you look. You can get in your car and within 15 minutes‚

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    happiness for a brief moment. Unfortunately‚ this is a big problem and is called depression. Five percent of the U.S. population is depressed‚ which is equivalent to double the population of New York City. Something needs to be done to solve this atrocious mental disease. Depression affects millions of people in today’s society. To acknowledge and treat it‚ one more look at causes‚ and effects on others. Ever since the duration of the human race‚ depression has always been a tremendous problem. Because

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    Why do millions of people decide to move to the United States every year from all over the world? Since humans started to hunt and fish hundreds of years ago‚ they have been trying to find better places to live and raise their children. This process is called immigration. There are several reasons why people choose the U.S. as a country where they want to move and build their new lives. The most prominent reasons are a better economy‚ religious tolerance‚ and high education. The economic basis is

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    Sociology 24 mark essay Assess the causes and consequences of changes in the UK population. Population is a group of people that changes in a certain area. Birth and death rates‚ and migration are the main causes for change in the population. Birth and death rates have caused a significant change in the population due to both of them dropping. Birth rates have dropped due to things such as recession‚ less people are having children because they can’t afford to have them‚ some people

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    In the United States over 1.2 million students drop out of high school (US Census Bureau).That’s about a student every 26 seconds/7‚000 a day. About 6‚000 people that don’t get to graduate end up obtaining a minimum wage job for the rest of their life. They struggle‚ and many Americans question why the number one industrialized country suffers an extremely high percentage of poverty and what triggers it? People know that not graduating from high school is the number one factor that causes poverty

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    In the world‚ we live in today‚ population has grown at an increasing rate. I hypothesize that population growth will continue to climb in underdeveloped countries. Seen through population patterns in dispersion of countries‚ North America and South America have had two different types of dispersion. Using data from worldameters.info‚ United States has an annual rate of 0.73% and Mexico has an annual rate of 1.24%. In Mexico‚ however‚ there are events such as sex trafficking where the birth of a

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    Following WW2‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a conflict that became known as the Cold War. There were many conflicts between these two countries. Two problems faced by the United States during the Cold War is the Berlin Blockade and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The United States took actions against these two problems and which one of them is known as the Berlin Airlift which is a combat against the Berlin Blockade. The United States was successful in solving these two problems

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    In the United State the divorce rate within the last 10 years has increased drastically. For years statics have shown that at least half of marriage ends in divorce. According to the National Survey of Family Growth‚ under National Center of Health Statics‚ divorce is fifty percent and climbing. Marriage is a commitment‚ yet statics show that eventually half of couple’s marriage will not last longer than eight years and will end in a divorce. Today’s world built on divorce. Due to subsequent

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