The purpose of this study was to replicate and expand previous research examining the association between holy days and the timing of death. We analysed daily numbers of deaths of Jewish men and women aged 35 and above in Israel from 1983 to 1992, controlling for long term and seasonal trends....

The effects of recently experienced life events (RLE) and of a personal coping resource--the sense of coherence (SOC)--on the health of men and women were investigated among members of two small and cohesive communities--two kibbutzim in Israel (n = 230). Results of analyses lend support to...

Gender differences in health and health behavior are well established in Western societies, but little is known about gender health inequalities in rural China. We examine patterns of age-sex differences in health and health behavior of men and women in rural HeBei, People's Republic of China,...

An exploratory study of emergency department (ED) utilization, comparing Israeli adult Jews and Bedouin Arabs was conducted. The data interpretation derived from the premise that health services utilization reflects not only morbidity patterns but characteristics of both subcultures and the...

Previous research indicates that working women are healthier than housewives, that the unemployed are less healthy than those currently employed, and that transitions into and out of paid work may be particularly associated with poor health. Women respondents in the 1979 U.S. National Health...

The recent changes in the traditional patterns of living arrangements in the U.S.A. raise interest in their consequences for the well being of the individuals involved. In this paper the physical health of women in different living arrangements was studied. It was suggested that living...