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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria
Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987
Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...
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- Mon fils, vous avez tort de risquer votre argent dans les actions, La Bourse est un coupe-forge, le bitume une cochonnerie, les mines sont des précipices..... un homme sage doit...
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Mr Mug's mother tells him that investing in the stock market is a risky way to earn money.
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Personal Growth and Meaning in Life Among First-Time Mothers and Grandmothers
Ben-Ari, Orit Taubman -; Shlomo, Shirley Ben; Findler, Liora - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 13 (2012) 5, pp. 801-820
This cross-sectional study examined personal growth and meaning in life among mothers and grandmothers who recently … between mothers and grandmothers. Participants were 152 first-time mothers 6–24 months after delivery, and their own mothers … life stages. They reveal not only the similarities and differences between the response of mothers and grandmothers to …
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Supervised contact visits: Results from a study of women in drug treatment with children in care
Taplin, Stephanie; Mattick, Richard P. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 39 (2014) C, pp. 65-72
There is currently little research evidence on how to manage contact in a child protection context, and for which children, in what circumstances it is beneficial.
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A Study on the Implementation of Jampersal Policy in Indonesia
Achadi, Endang L.; Achadi, Anhari; Pambudi, Eko; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Indonesia launched Jampersal in 2011, a nationwide program to accelerate the reduction of maternal and newborn deaths. The program was financed by central government revenues and provided free and comprehensive maternal and neonatal care with an emphasis on promoting institutional deliveries....
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Private Financial Transfers, the Great Recession, and Family Context
Gottlieb, Aaron; Pilkauskas, Natasha V.; Garfinkel, Irwin - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2013
transfers among mothers with young children. We describe patterns of transfers over time and explore whether the Great Recession … influenced transfer behaviors. We find that the great majority of mothers participate in transfers at some point between years 1 … unemployment rate and transfers by mother’s family structure. In comparison, we find that poor and near poor mothers, those most …
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HIV response using budgeting for results in HIV/AIDS programs : lessons from Peru
Medici, Andre; Vargas, Veronica; Lavadenz, Fernando; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Peru reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by 43 percent from 2000 to 2010 due to the introduction of free antiretroviral drug therapy in 2004, and the successful execution of the 2007-2011 HIV/AIDS Strategy and budgeting for results since 2011. The national HIV program received significant external...
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Bangladesh: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world. Poverty remains high at 43 percent of the population subsist on less than United States (U.S.) $1.25 per day (2010). Bangladesh achieved several millennium development goal (MDG) targets in education, health, and poverty...
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Maldives: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Maldives, a middle income country, is on track to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while gender gap requires attention. Maldives has made great progress in improving maternal health and has achieved MDG. The total fertility rate has declined to 2.3 in 2012. Contraceptive use...
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Bhutan: Maternal and Reproductive Health at a Glance
El-Saharty, Sameh; Ohno, Naoko; Sarker, Intissar; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
pregnant mothers, since 55 percent of women are anemic. Bhutan will need to focus on increasing the focus on quality along the …
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