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ACTIVISM (Search for related entries in the library)

ACTIVITY LIMITATIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A long-term reduction in a person's capacity to perform the average kind or amount of activities associated with his or her age group. Frequently used in surveys relating to population health and welfare as a measure of disability.

ACTORS 

ADOLESCENTS 

ADULTS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The segment of the population approximately between the ages of twenty-five and sixty-five years. The is a socially constructed life stage and population, but is consistently used in survey research.

AFFIRMITIVE ACTION PROGRAMS 

Scope Note: Such programs identify and redress systemic barriers in workplaces and unions for equity-seeking groups. They recognize that treating a disadvantaged group the same as a privileged group will not produce equality.

AFL-CIO (Search for related entries in the library)

AFRICA (Search for related entries in the library)

AFRICAN AMERICANS (Search for related entries in the library)

AFRICAN CANADIANS (Search for related entries in the library)