did this occur? We look at the four standard explanations: that more women in rural areas are now pursuing higher … there is a tendency for women to withdraw from the labor force to attend to domestic duties (income effect), that employment … opportunities for women are decreasing, and that social and cultural factors may be interacting with these three factors and …

becoming food insecure when the household became food insecure – than sub-units headed by women with first or second rank in … polygamous households. Within polygamous households, woman–children sub-units headed by women with rank third or more were more …

childbearing experiences among United States’ women. It sheds light on the physiological and social nature of this relationship by …, women’s social characteristics, and their ability to marry. We analyze data from two female cohorts who participated in the …/ethnicity and women’s educational background as confounders masks some of these associations, which are evident for both White and …

American women beginning in 2005, we reveal how and why interactions with non-profit and government institutions help to … institutions not only play a critical part in helping women cope with HIV but also renegotiate their self-conceptions as black … women in the wake of receiving another stigmatizing social marker. In short, organizational ties shape women's movement from …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a problem facing women around the world, one that has implications for … women's health and well-being. The relationship between communities and the occurrence of IPV is an expanding area of … evidence regarding the community-level correlates of IPV against women. In our review of peer-reviewed research published …

locally developed water insecurity scale, compared with standard measures of water access and adequacy, in predicting women … between women's reported water insecurity and the Falk Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-F), a measure of psychosocial … distress. In multiple regression models controlling for food insecurity and reported quantity of water used, women's water …

This study investigates the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic conditions on women’s likelihood of experiencing …

Rates of HIV/AIDS and depression in women are significant public health concerns. The current meta-analysis tested the … hypothesis that depression levels moderate change in sexual risk behavior in women participating in HIV prevention interventions … follow-up and reported separate results for women. Ten studies (fourteen intervention groups and ten control groups; N = 4 …

Gender-based violence is a key determinant of HIV infection among women in South Africa as elsewhere. However, research …-environmental context. We recruited a cohort of 560 women from alcohol drinking venues in a Cape Town, South African township. Participants …-based violence on sexual risk behavior through alcohol use, but not mental health problems. Women who were physically and sexually …

growing population of US female veterans, with women now comprising 15% of active US duty military personnel. Women serving in …-service sexual assaults and sexual harassment. However, little is known regarding how women veterans cope with these combat and …-structured interviews with nineteen OEF/OIF women veterans between January–November 2009. Women veterans identified stressful military …