HDFS201- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 45 pages long!)

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Systems of development: central to understanding, mutual influence both within and across, domains. Importance of contexts: ses (socio-economic status, education, environmental resources. Contexts are different and lead to different developmental outcomes. Points: every child in the us will have a greater effect on the environment than 13 children born in a developing nation. If everyone in world lived like americans do we would need 5 earths to support humanity. Clean water: 11-13% of the (cid:449)orld doesn"t ha(cid:448)e access to clean (cid:449)ater, the united nations estimates that sib-saharan africa alone loses 40 billion hours/ year. Food: 1 out of 9 people in the world are undernourished. Worldwide education: 76% of males have a primary school education, 72% of females , 66% of males have a secondary school education, 63% of females , 7% have a college degree. In u. s. 70% of americans who are 22 or over do not have a 4 year college degree (2015)