Similar Search Results

Fertility, Contraceptive Choice, and Public Policy in Zimbabwe.

Thomas, D.; Maluccio, J. - RAND - 1996

Zimbabwe has invested massively in public infrastructure since independence in 1980. The impact of these investments on demographic outcomes is examined using household survey data matched with two community level surveys.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618797

Child Mortality in Malaysia. Ethnic Differences and the Recent Decline.

Panis, C.W.A.; Lillard, L.A. - RAND - 1996

This paper is focused on two issues. Firstly, to what extent can we explain the observed mortality decline and secondly, can we attribute the observed chinese advantage to demographic or behavioural factors?

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005660625

Areal and Socioeconomic Differentials in Infant and Child Mortality in Cameroon.

Defo, B.A. - RAND - 1996

Using data form a nationally representative sample of more than 12,000births, this study assesses infant and child mortality differences in Cameroon by residence area, mother's education, ethnicity, marital status and union type, religion and inteplay of those factorson differentials mortality.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005660627

Persistent, Consistent, and Widespread?: Another Look at Recent Trends in Old-Age Disability.

Schoeni, Robert F.; Freedman, Vicki A.; Wallace, Robert B. - RAND - 2000

This study provides new evidence on trends in disability among the elderly from 1982 to 1996. Logistics analysis is used to estimate the trend in disability prevalence after controlling for age, sex, and proxy reporting. The sample includes 124,949 people ages 70 and older in the 1982-1996...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005526925

Demographic and Economic Correlates of Health in Old Age.

Smith, J-P; Kington, R - RAND - 1997

goals : (1) understanding the quantitatively large socioeconomic status-health gradient, and (2) the persistence in health …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618789

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Wealth in the Health and Retirement Study.

Smith, J.P. - RAND - 1996

This paper examines wealth data in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775560

Family Structure and the Risk of Nursing Home Admission.

Freedman, V.A. - RAND - 1996

Using data from the New Haven EPESE, we examine the relationship between family structure and the risk of first nursing home admission.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775561

A Theory of Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Over the Life Cycle

Galama, Titus J.; Kippersluis, Hans van - RAND - 2010

Understanding of the substantial disparity in health between low and high socioeconomic status (SES) groups is hampered … part of the observed disparities in health by SES. In their model, lifestyle factors, working conditions, retirement …, living conditions and curative care are mechanisms through which SES, health and mortality are related. Their model predicts …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008490278

Retirement Effects on Health in Europe

Coe, Norma B.; Zamarro, Gema - RAND - 2008

What are the health impacts of retirement? As talk of raising retirement ages in pensions and social security schemes …. The authors use the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) dataset to address this question in a … multicountry setting. Statutory retirement ages clearly induce retirement, but are not related to an individual's health. The …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005526915

Empirical Modeling of Household and Family Decisions.

Strauss, J.; Thomas, D. - RAND - 1995

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005618791