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The social and economic determinants of suicide in Canadian provinces
Jalles, João T.; Andresen, Martin A. - In: Health Economics Review 5 (2015) 1, pp. 1-12
Background: In this paper we investigate the causal relationship between suicide and a variety of socioeconomic … of suicide in Canadian provinces vary across total, male, and female counts (natural logarithms) and rates. We also find … necessary for a better understanding of the factors that impact suicide (consistent with previous research) and that the choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011599824
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The social and economic determinants of suicide in Canadian provinces
Jalles, João T.; Andresen, Martin A. - In: Health economics review 5 (2015) 1, pp. 1-12
Background: In this paper we investigate the causal relationship between suicide and a variety of socioeconomic … of suicide in Canadian provinces vary across total, male, and female counts (natural logarithms) and rates. We also find … necessary for a better understanding of the factors that impact suicide (consistent with previous research) and that the choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530040
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Understanding the relationship between the economy and crime : Canadian provinces, 1981-2009
Jalles, João Tovar; Andresen, Martin A. - In: International journal of social economics 44 (2017) 9, pp. 1268-1288
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011761135
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Understanding the relationship between the economy and crime: Canadian provinces, 1981-2009
Jalles, Joao Tovar; Andresen, Martin A. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 44 (2017) 9, pp. 1268-1288
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance of multiple measures of the economy while investigating the role of the economy with crime, as well as the sensitivity of those results. Design/methodology/approach Provincial-level data, 1981-2009, and a series of statistical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014807948
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Socioeconomic Status of Artisanal Fishers in the West Part of Moroccan Mediterranean
Awadh, Hesham; Aksissou, Mustapha; Benhardouze, Wafae; … - In: International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable … 9 (2018) 1, pp. 40-52
Artisanal fisheries in Moroccan Mediterranean generally lack management and planning, thus development. Recently, some of these fisheries had received an attention in field of infrastructure, however, there is lake of data on socioeconomic conditions of these fisheries. The main objective of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012047721
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Widening educational inequalities in mortality: An analysis for Austria with international comparisons
Schwarz, Franz - 2006
Recent studies have reported a widening in the relative mortality gap between the socioeconomic classes in several industrialized western countries. The present paper aims to determine whether or not education-related differentials in mortality have increased between 1981/82 and 1991/92 in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352606
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Behavioral explanation for educational health and mortality differentials in Austria
Schwarz, Franz - 2006
The present study examines the health behavior of more than 30,000 individuals aged 25-74 in Austria, using education as an indicator of socioeconomic status. Of particular interest is the magnitude of the educational disparities in health behavior between hypothetical most and least educated,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352614
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Socioeconomic determinants of use of reproductive health services in Ghana
Abekah-Nkrumah, Gordon; Abor, Patience Aseweh - In: Health Economics Review 6 (2016) 9, pp. 1-15
Background: The study examines trends in the consumption of reproductive health services (use of modern contraceptives, health facility deliveries, assisted deliveries, first trimester antenatal visit and 4+ antenatal visits) and their determinants using four rounds of Ghana Demographic and...
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Household debt in different age cohorts: A multilevel study
Haq, Wajiha; Ismail, Noor Azina; Satar, NurulHuda Mohd - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-16
There is a need to identify household debt behaviour in different age cohorts even in countries without prominent household debt problems so that the measures for vulnerable groups can be made. Authors used multilevel mixed effect analysis to test the effect of age and other variables on demand...
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Does spending matters? Re-looking into various covariates associated with Out of Pocket Expenditure (OOPE) and catastrophic spending on accidental injury from NSSO 71st round data
Pradhan, Jalandhar; Dwivedi, Rinshu; Pati, Sanghamitra; … - In: Health Economics Review 7 (2017) 48, pp. 1-16
Background: Accidental Injury is a traumatic event which not only influences physical, psychological, and social wellbeing of the households but also exerts extensive financial burden on them. Despite the devastating economic burden of injuries, in India, there is limited data available on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010756