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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"household characteristics"”.
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Economic security, household income and household characteristics
… was analyzed in this study taking into account household income and characteristics. Economic security was defined as the household's ability to sustain a given level of consumption in the case of an economic emergency; specifically, loss of income. Measures of two different kinds of economic …
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A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Asset Demand as Relatedto Household Characteristics
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-11T17:13:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7219899.pdf: 3362999 bytes, checksum: 3cc402b8cdd5217aff4273ddd4aef628 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972
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An analysis of household characteristics impacting food security and market participation in rural Uganda
… most recent Ugandan census, 40% of rural Ugandan households experience food insecurity and 25% live below the country's poverty line. Of the rural households, 80% are already engaged in some form of agriculture. Since market participation through selling crops is known to decrease both poverty and …
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Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in Two Communities in Tijuana, Mexico: maternal and household characteristics and pediatric development
… standard comparison group. To describe baseline household and maternal characteristics of each study arm. To identify maternal and household factors associated with failure to meet early child development milestones. "<bold>Material and methods</bold>": This was a secondary analysis of data …
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An Analysis of the Purchase Patterns, Shopping Behavior, and Household Characteristics of the Charge Customers and Cash Customers of a Specific Department Store
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-09T17:52:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6901429.pdf: 7730254 bytes, checksum: c3c0b4198b5e3f1383df551a0c5dd483 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1968
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Ethnicity and Clothing Expenditures of U.S. Households: A Structural Equations Model with Latent Quality Variables
… study was to determine the relationship between household characteristics and the expenditure shares allocated among various categories of women's clothing for U.S. households belonging to different ethnic groups. The study also estimated unobserved latent quality variables based on household …
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Participation in a household energy audit and retrofit subsidy program
… demand strain placed on utility systems, save households money on their monthly bills, and reduce related emissions. This paper examines the factors that influence household participation in efficiency programs including economic incentives, information effects, social pressures and household …
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Determinants of Food Insecurity Among Vulnerable White and Latino Households: Contextualizing the Impact of Sociodemographic and Household-Level Factors
<p>Household-level characteristics have been shown to be associated with food insecurity but studies among vulnerable populations are sparse. A food security assessment was developed to determine food security and collect sociodemographic and household level data across San Luis Obispo County. The …
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The role of statistical distributions in vulnerability to poverty analysis
… characterized by semi-arid climates where households’ welfare primarily relies on rainfed agricultural activities, extreme weather events such as droughts can present existential challenges to their livelihoods. To mitigate these risks, numerous social protection programs have been …
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Bridging the Rural - Urban Digital Divide in Residential Internet Access
… rural and urban areas in the percentage of households that access the Internet at home (a discrepancy commonly known as the "digital divide"). The theoretical framework underlying a household's Internet adoption decision is examined, with emphasis on the roles that household characteristics, …
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Coping With Food and Income Insecurity: The Case of Swazi Households
… well-being and micro-level adjustments used by households to deal with food insecurity. Specifically the study (a) describes the food security situation of households in the Middleveld and Lowveld areas of Swaziland, (b) determines the strategies used by households to mitigate against food …
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The Influence of Urban Form, Socio-Demographics, And Transit-Oriented Development on Journey-to-Work Characteristics
… urban form measures, socio-demographic and household characteristics, and the presence of a transit-oriented development. These relationships were examined in thirteen metropolitan regions.
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Quantitative Analysis of Commodity Markets, Household Vulnerability, and Learning Outcomes
… extreme weather events pose significant risks to household livelihoods. Despite advancements in remotely sensed technology, accurately estimating weather variability's impact on household livelihoods remains challenging. This study evaluates the effects of weather anomaly measures, spatial …
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Urban food access: a study of the lived experience of food access within a low-income community in Cape Town
… body of literature have focussed more on the household- level to investigate which household characteristics and entitlements act as constraints to food access. This thesis integrates both of these bodies of thought to explore the limitations to food access present in a low-income urban …
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Essays on Poverty Reduction in Latin America
… analyze the link between geographic factors and household welfare. The evidence indicates that geographical variables are important determinants of the household consumption growth after accounting for household characteristics such as education and labor market experience. Furthermore, the …
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TBD Economic Impact of Fruit Flies in Mango Production in Senegal: Ex-Post Analysis of mango losses in Ziguinchor (Casamance)
… 2014 and conduct an econometric study to examine household characteristics associated with high level of losses. At the household level, the total yearly losses on average from fruit fly infestations represent 17.09 % of the average total household income in Ziguinchor (Casamance). The losses …
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Predicting Latino adolescents' dental exam occurrence
… included adolescent, parent/adult caregiver, and household characteristics as control variables and adolescent country of birth and tobacco use as independent variables. Analyses support past findings of adolescent age, adolescent insurance status, and parent level of education being associated …
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Essays in labor and human capital investment in development economics
… Each chapter examines a factor that affects household labor demand and supply for each household member and its implications in low-and middle- income countries. Research in this dissertation takes advantage of detailed household surveys and other sources such as satellite collected …
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A tobit analysis of factors affecting vegetable expenditure patterns in U.S. households
Household vegetable expenditure patterns are examined using data from the 1972-1974 Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey. Tobit analysis is employed to measure the effects of changes in household socioeconomic and demographic characteristics on changes in the probability of …
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The Economics of Smallholder Households in Central Haiti
Smallholder households in Haiti face many natural resource management challenges. Agricultural production occurs on deforested hillsides prone to erosion. Charcoal is in an important source of income, and woodfuel stocks are often over-exploited. Donor-funded projects and non- governmental …
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