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Prevalence of FGM in Africa
Prevalence over 90% in:
•Egypt
•Guinea
•Eritrea
•Djibouti
•Mali
•Somalia
•Sierra Leone
•Djibouti
Region of Birth of Canadian Immigrants
by Period of Immigration (in percent)
Year of immigration
Before 1961
1991-2001
US, UK, North &
West Europe
56
8
Caribbean, Cent. &
South America
1
11
East Europe
15
9
South Europe
23
5
Asia
4
58
Africa
1
8
Other
0
1
“In the long run, do you think the scientific
advances we are making will help or harm
mankind?”,1981-2000 (percent “harm”)
Percent
This graph shows that (1) Americans
are among the most optimistic
people in the world concerning the
effects of science on humanity; (2)
Americans and the citizens of other
rich countries were more pessimistic
about the effects of science on
humanity at the end of the 20th
century than they were in 1981;
(3) the citizens of countries that are
not rich were more optimistic about
the effects of science on humanity
at the end of the 20th century than
they were in 1981; and (4) whatever
their overall tendency, attitudes
towards science fluctuate over time.
50
40
USA
30
Rich countries
minus USA
Countries that
are not rich
20
10
0
1980
1991
19951997
19992000
Approximate Income and Cost per SOC101
Student, U of T, 1993 and 2003 (in 2003 $)
Classes
1993
6
2003
2
Students
1,500
2,300
TAs
24
17.5
Income per student
$479
$1,000
Cost per student
$560
$163
Profit (loss)
($81)
$837
Advertising as Percent of Gross Domestic
Product (GDP), U.S.A., 1975-2000
Percent of GDP
2.7
2.5
2.3
2.1
1.9
Year
1999
1997
1995
1993
1991
1989
1987
1985
1983
1981
1979
1977
1975
1.7
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