fertility levels; (2) if achild health model provides a stronger indicator of fertility than child mortality alone;and (3) what …-year time span (1990-2005) is used. Resultsindicate that both the child mortality rate and the child health model are strong … indicatorsof fertility change and produce better results than population mortality or socioeconomicfactors alone. Use of health …

Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be … arrived at the same conclusion. Within countries, just as at the cross-national level, child mortality has been found to be … the minority are studies of socioeconomic determinants of child mortality which have examined the association between …

Child mortality is defined as the death of children under five years old. Worldwide, child mortality was about 8 … standards is important for the farm worker in California, the villager in Africa and the child in Afghanistan. Ultimately, food … risk. Perhaps the most sobering consequence of inadequate food safety standards is child mortality. This thesis uses a …

Untersuchung nach den Bestandsbedingungen der liberalen Demokratie, speziell nach deren moralischen Grundlagen. Diese werden im … Demokratie ist. Das zweite Ziel der Arbeit liegt in der Beantwortung der Frage, wie diese moralischen Orientierungen (liberale …Numerous sociological studies describe the status of contemporary liberal democracy as frightening. Taking up these …

. However, there are also significant health implications of such anti-competitive practices that seldom receive attention. This … paper hopes to draw attention to the potential public health issues that arise as a result of lack of competition in the … concentration on various health outcomes. Results: High retailer concentration may adversely affect affordability, accessibility …

subsidized child human capital through schools and public health programs, which has encouraged parents to demand fewer, higher …

This paper examines the effects of a public-health intervention program on sex differentials in health and mortality … during childhood. Among the different health-service packages offered as part of the experimental design, those including … nutritional services seem to have been more successful in reducing excess female mortality. The reason for this success appears to …