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Individual and spousal unemployment as predictors of smoking and drinking behavior

Arcaya, Mariana; Glymour, M. Maria; Christakis, Nicholas A. - In: Social Science & Medicine 110 (2014) C, pp. 89-95

The effects of unemployment on health behaviors, and substance use in particular, is still unclear despite substantial existing research. This study aimed to assess the effects of individual and spousal unemployment on smoking and alcohol consumption. The study was based on eight waves of...

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Is Economic Growth Associated with Reduction in Child Undernutrition in India?

Subramanyam, Malavika A; Kawachi, Ichiro; Berkman, Lisa F; … - eSocialSciences - 2011

association between changes in state per capita income and the risk of undernutrition among children in India were assessed. Data …, 1998â€“99, and 2005â€“06 in India. The sample sizes in the three waves were 33,816, 30,383, and 28,876 children …,326 children. URL:[http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000424]. …

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Changes in income inequality and the health of immigrants

Hamilton, Tod G.; Kawachi, Ichiro - In: Social Science & Medicine 80 (2013) C, pp. 57-66

Research suggests that income inequality is inversely associated with health. This association has been documented in studies that utilize variation in income inequality across countries or across time from a single country. The primary criticism of these approaches is their inability to account...

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Income inequality and sexually transmitted in the United States: Who bears the burden?

Harling, Guy; Subramanian, S.V.; Bärnighausen, Till; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 102 (2014) C, pp. 174-182

Three causal processes have been proposed to explain associations between group income inequality and individual health outcomes, each of which implies health effects for different segments of the population. We present a novel conceptual and analytic framework for the quantitative evaluation of...

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State-level social capital and suicide mortality in the 50 U.S. states

Smith, Nathan Daniel Lucia; Kawachi, Ichiro - In: Social Science & Medicine 120 (2014) C, pp. 269-277

This study investigated whether state levels of social capital are associated with rates of completed suicides in the fifty U.S. states. To do this we regressed state-level suicide rates on an index of social capital, along with other variables known to influence suicide rates such as gun...

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Racial/ethnic disparities in short sleep duration by occupation: The contribution of immigrant status

Jackson, Chandra L.; Hu, Frank B.; Redline, Susan; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 118 (2014) C, pp. 71-79

Sleep duration, associated with increased morbidity/mortality, has been shown to vary by race and occupation. Few studies have examined the additional influence of immigrant status. Using a nationally-representative sample of 175,244 US adults from the National Health Interview Survey from 2004...

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Racial/ethnic and gender differences in the association between self-reported experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination and inflammation in the CARDIA cohort of 4 US communities

Cunningham, Timothy J.; Seeman, Teresa E.; Kawachi, Ichiro - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 5, pp. 922-931

Inflammation is etiologically implicated in cardiometabolic diseases for which there are known racial/ethnic disparities. Prior studies suggest there may be an association between self-reported experiences of racial/ethnic discrimination and inflammation, particularly C-reactive protein (CRP)....

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Transition to retirement and risk of cardiovascular disease: Prospective analysis of the US health and retirement study

Moon, J. Robin; Glymour, M. Maria; Subramanian, S.V.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 3, pp. 526-530

Transitioning from work to retirement could be either beneficial or harmful for health. We investigated the association between transition to retirement and risk of stroke and myocardial infarction (MI). We followed US Health and Retirement Study participants age 50+ working full-time for pay...

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The social environment and walking behavior among low-income housing residents

Caspi, Caitlin E.; Kawachi, Ichiro; Subramanian, S.V.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 80 (2013) C, pp. 76-84

Walking, both for leisure and for travel/errands, counts toward meeting physical activity recommendations. Both social and physical neighborhood environmental features may encourage or inhibit walking. This study examined social capital, perceived safety, and disorder in relation to walking...

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The relationship between diet and perceived and objective access to supermarkets among low-income housing residents

Caspi, Caitlin E.; Kawachi, Ichiro; Subramanian, S.V.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 7, pp. 1254-1262

In the U.S., supermarkets serve as an important source of year-round produce (Chung & Myers, 1999), and yet access to supermarkets may be scarce in “food deserts,” or poor, urban areas that lack sources of healthy, affordable food (Cummins & Macintyre, 2002). This study examined objective...

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