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The perceived social rejection of sexual minorities : substance use and unprotected sexual intercourse
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
cannabis consumption and unprotected sexual intercourse in the capital of Greece, Athens. This is the first Greek study to … associated with the increased consumption of tobacco (by 9.1%, P <0.01), alcohol (by 7.1%, P <0.01), and cannabis (by 12.5%, P <0 … is stronger for men than women and there is increased cannabis consumption during periods of deteriorated economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013257321
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The causal impact of mental health on tobacco and alcohol consumption : an instrumental variables approach
Mitrou, Francis; Ha Trong Nguyen; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2023
cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking behaviours. We find that mental distress significantly increases the prevalence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332029
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Social rejection, family acceptance, economic recession and physical and mental health of sexual minorities
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Utilizing two panel datasets covering the periods 2013-2014 and 2018-2019, the study examines whether social rejection, family acceptance, and economic conditions bear an association with self-rated physical and mental health of sexual minorities. Social rejection bears a negative association...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012622881
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Religiosity, smoking and other risky behaviors
Roman, Monica; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Plopeanu, … - 2022
relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166804
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Religiosity, smoking and other addictive behaviors
Roman, Monica; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Plopeanu, … - 2021
relates to addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533854
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Causal impact of physical activity on child health and development
Ha Trong Nguyen; Christian, Hayley; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2022
The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant literature provides limited causal insight into the amount of physical activity considered optimal for improving any given health or developmental outcome. This paper exploits exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174497
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on inequalityof opportunity in psychological distress in the UK
Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2020
We use data from Wave 9 of UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) and the April 2020 Wave of the UKHLS COVID-19 survey to compare measures of ex ante inequality of opportunity (IOp) in psychological distress, as measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Wave 9) and at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222180
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Self-selection in physical and mental health among older intra-European migrants
Constant, Amelie; Milewski, Nadja - 2020
The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the host country, may suffer from serious cultural biases. Our study evades such biases by utilizing a destination-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265276
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119651
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Immigration and the health of older natives in Western Europe
Escarce, José J.; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2018
Previous research has found that immigration benefits the health of working-age natives, an effect mediated through the labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also affects the health of natives 65-80 years old....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131032