demographics, human capital and health status. While parsimonious models suggest that height is protective against depression, the … addition of controls, particularly related to health, suggests the reverse effect: tall people are predicted to have slightly … health and human capital. -- Height ; Depression ; Well-being ; Life satisfaction ; Health …

The relationship between recessions and health is mixed, with some evidence from the most recent financial crisis … the Irish crisis of 2008, to test the impact of economic expansion and contraction on mothers physical and mental health … and health behaviours. Three waves of data from the Irish Lifeways Cohort Study for the period 2001-2011, and local area …

Smoking, low physical activity and frequent alcohol consumption may have substantial health risks in terms of disease … health behaviours using data on older adults from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. We employ concentration …. Frequent alcohol consumption is more concentrated among those with higher incomes in both regions. Self-assessed health and age …

Plan Sésame (PS) was launched in 2006 to provide free access to health services to Senegalese citizens aged 60 and over … health care. Explanations identified in focus group and interview data are organised into four themes: (i) PS as a poorly … implemented and accessed "right" to health care; (ii) PS as a "privilege" reserved for elites; (iii) PS as a "favour" or moral …