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Gender differences in access to health care among the elderly : evidence from Southeast Asia
Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen; Zveglich, Joseph E. - 2021
Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our...
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Gender differences in access to health care among the elderly : evidence from Southeast Asia
Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen; Zveglich, Joseph E. - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 2, pp. 59-92
Populations become increasingly feminized with age. Since older women are more vulnerable to poverty, they may find it more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013328255
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Lifestyle Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Youth
Efthymiou - Egleton, Iris - Panagiota; Vozikis, Athanassios - 2021
, e.g., lifestyle. It has been identified that the risk factors increasing the cardiovascular disease appearances relate … to people's lifestyle and daily habits such as smoking, alcohol consumption, diet, and exercise, and can lead to … disease. Given that lifestyle plays a determining role in cardiovascular diseases' prevention and combat, the World Health …
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Psychische und körperliche Gesundheit von Geflüchteten im Vergleich zu anderen Bevölkerungsgruppen
Metzing, Maria; Schacht, Diana; Scherz, Antonia - In: DIW Wochenbericht 87 (2020) 5, pp. 63-72
Die individuelle gesundheitliche Situation ist eine wichtige Voraussetzung für Integration und Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft. In diesem Bericht wird untersucht, inwiefern in Deutschland Unterschiede in der gesundheitlichen Situation nach Migrationshintergrund bestehen. Konkret steht dabei die...
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New evidence on the healthy immigrant effect
Farré, Lídia - 2013
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the contribution of selective migration to the health advantage of immigrants upon arrival to the new destination (i.e. the Healthy Immigrant Effect). It analyses a very interesting episode in international migration, namely the exodus of Ecuadorians...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228775
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New Evidence on the Healthy Immigrant Effect
Farré, Lidia - 2013
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the contribution of selective migration to the health advantage of immigrants upon arrival to the new destination (i.e. the Healthy Immigrant Effect). It analyses a very interesting episode in international migration, namely the exodus of Ecuadorians...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071282
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Ethnic Attrition, Assimilation, and the Measured Health Outcomes of Mexican Americans
Antman, Francisca - 2020
The literature on immigrant assimilation and intergenerational progress has sometimes reached surprising conclusions, such as the puzzle of immigrant advantage which finds that Hispanic immigrants sometimes have better health than U.S.-born Hispanics. While numerous studies have attempted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842035
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Health Inequalities for Immigrants in Canada : Quebec Versus the Rest of Canada
Lebihan, Laetitia - 2017
Little is known about immigrant health inequalities in Canada by province. To address this knowledge gap, we compare multiple health indicators among immigrants in Quebec, immigrants in the rest of Canada and Canadian-born individuals. The literature emphasizes that it is more difficult for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953045
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Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health Among Older Intra-European Migrants
Constant, Amelie F. - 2020
The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the host country, may suffer from serious cultural biases. Our study evades such biases by utilizing a destination-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822692
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Adverse working conditions and immigrants' physical health and depression outcomes : a longitudinal study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Τhe study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610894