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Trends in life expectancy and the macroeconomy in Malawi

Matchaya, Greenwell C - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The purpose of this paper was to study trends in life expectancy in Malawi since independence and offer possible … explanations regarding its inter-temporal variations. Descriptive analysis has shown that life expectancy in Malawi has trailed … absence of HIV/AIDS. After early 1980s life expectancy declined tremendously and never improved due to the spread of HIV/AIDS …

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Intrahousehold and interhousehold child nutrition inequality in Malawi

Mussa, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

differences between households or differences within households in Malawi. Using a linear model with random effects, we derive a …, and birth order lines in Malawi. The results for rural and urban areas, as well as ethnic and religious groups show that …

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A matching decomposition of the rural-urban difference in malnutrition in Malawi

Mussa, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper applies a nonparametric matching method to decompose the rural-urban malnutrition gap in Malawi. The results …

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Surveying HIV/AIDS Incidence in Sudan

Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

. It aims to apply statistical models for the HIV/AIDS data in Khartoum state centers of testing blood and counseling. AIDS … is recognized as an emerging disease only in the early 1980s, AIDS has rapidly established itself throughout the world …, and is likely to endure and persist well into the 21s century. AIDS has evolved from a mysterious illness to a global …

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Neighbourhood social capital and individual mental health

Tampubolon, Gindo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Neighbourhood social capital is often claimed benecial for health, yet evidence of this contextual eect in the UK has been thin. To examine this eect, I draw upon Grossman health production model and Blume-Brock-Durlauf social interaction model underpinning the effects of neighbourhood social...

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Health Consequences of Child Labour in Bangladesh

Ahmed, Salma; Ray, Ranjan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper examines the effect of child labour on child health outcomes in Bangladesh. We use self-reported injury or illness due to work as a general measure of health status. Using the Bangladesh National Child Labour Survey data for 2002-2003, the results reveal that child labour is...

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Self rated performance and perceived workload among the public health nurses of Kerala

Kannan, Srinivasan; P Sarma, Sankara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The study on workload of public health nurses conducted during 2011-12 with the questions on three aspects of workload namely, role overload, role stagnation, self role distance (RODS). The study was conducted in five districts of Kerala using a self administered questionnaire during 2011-12....

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What shapes eHealth literacy of an individual?

Xesfingi, Sofia; Vozikis, Athanasios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper studies the ability of an individual in searching, analyzing and processing information from the Internet in order to address or solve health related issues, the so-called eHealth literacy and the factors that shape it. Understanding what influences eHealth in a country is...

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Culture, Economics and Drugs addiction

Azmat, Hayat - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Drug use is one of the pressing issues facing humanity since time immemorial. Ground reality exhibits that there are linear association of drug use with violence, corruption, incest and numerous other immoral activities. Towards drugs addiction the policy approach of economists are based on...

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Fear itself: The effects of distressing economic news on birth outcomes

Carlson, Kyle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

I use new administrative data on mass layoffs and plant closings to study the effects of distressing economic news. Exposure to stressful events during pregnancy can impair fetal development. I find that announcement of impending job losses leads to a transient decrease in the mean birth weight...

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