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Press releaseVerbal or numerical? How report cards change parents' views of their children's school skills

A new study by BiB shows that most parents overestimate their children's school skills. Written assessments in report cards have little effect on this, whereas grades have a stronger impact on parents.

Peer-Reviewed Articles in Scientific JournalsÜberschuldung und Gesundheit. Sozialmedizinische Erkenntnisse für die Versorgungsforschung

Münster, Eva; Rüger, Heiko; Ochsmann, Elke; Alsmann, Christine; Letzel, Stephan (2007)

Arbeitsmedizin Sozialmedizin Umweltmedizin 42(12): 628–634

The number of over-indebted households in Germany is currently estimated to be 3.13 million. Social exclusion, restrictions on living conditions and on equal participation in society can be the consequence of destitution in expenditure and can have adverse effects on health. To examine for the first time from the social medical point of view the state of health of over-indebted persons in Germany, the ASG-study (Armut, Schulden und Gesundheit, i.e. poverty, debt and health) was initiated.