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The number of live births in a population over a period, usually expressed per thousand people per year.
Intended to help people in need or support a public-benefit cause.
A developing pattern in the tastes, ideas, or practices shared within a society or group.
The number of deaths in a population over a period, usually expressed per thousand people per year.
Relating to a group connected by a perceived shared cultural background, ancestry, language, or traditions.
A family network that includes relatives beyond parents and their children, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins.
an event or activity organized to collect money for a group or cause
A set of social expectations associated with a person's gender in a particular context.
The movement of people into another country to establish their usual residence there.
An established system of social practices and expectations that organizes an important area of collective life.
A group that makes up more than half of a specified population.
A social group with less power or unequal treatment compared with a dominant group, regardless of its numerical size.
Including or relating to several cultural groups or traditions.
Support that people exchange to meet one another's needs through cooperation.
A shared expectation about behavior considered usual or acceptable within a group.
The passing of stories, knowledge, and customs between generations through spoken performance and communication.
A person with a similar position or level of experience, such as another student.
a community established for continuing residence rather than only temporary or seasonal occupation
Entertainment, styles, and other cultural practices that are widely shared or enjoyed in everyday life.
a difference, especially an unequal condition, between geographic regions in income, opportunities, services, or other outcomes
A set of actions performed in an established way because they have shared symbolic, social, or religious meaning.
a person who moves to an area to establish a permanent home there, especially during organized settlement
A household in which one parent lives with and raises a child or children without a partner living there.
a system in which people are treated as property and forced to live or work under others' control
A grouping in society associated with similar economic resources, occupations, and social standing.
A sustained collective effort to bring about or resist changes in society.
A set of social connections linking people or groups to one another.
A person's or group's position or standing within a society or social setting.
The systematic study of social relationships, institutions, and patterns of life in human societies.
having relatively few people living in a given amount of land