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Showing 1 to 20 of 3146 for “"socioeconomic"”.
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Socioeconomic Diversity in Public Spaces
While academics and policy-makers seek to address historic segregation and its harmful impacts on communities, many such efforts have been unsuccessful. Therefore, this original research examines the role of public parks as potential sites of social and economic integration. These spaces serve as …
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Socioeconomic Status and the Management of Chronic Conditions: Implications for the Socioeconomic Gradient in Health
… diagnosed patients also explain some of the socioeconomic disparities. While reliance on routine contact with a doctor for diabetes care increases the probability of adherence compared to reliance on emergency or hospital care, controlling for sites of care does not explain socioeconomic …
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Socioeconomic status and locus of control
… relationship between locus of control and socioeconomic status. Past studies have shown that children of higher socioeconomic status have a more internal outlook on life, and children of lower socioeconomic status have a more external outlook. Two groups of fourth graders containing both …
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Socioeconomic Determinants of HIV Status in Kenya
The spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the greatest threats to stability and development in Kenya. The country's infection rate is estimated between seven and eight percent, making it one of the highest in the world. Several studies have been done that examine subpopulations …
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Socioeconomic Status and Health Behavior in Nepal
Background: Socioeconomic status (SES) is an important determinant of health outcomes, but more research is needed to improve our understanding of the relationship between SES, behavior and health, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Efforts to improve our understanding are …
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Socioeconomic status and diabetes among Mexican adults
… Studies in other countries have suggested that socioeconomic status (SES) contributes to the development of type 2 diabetes. However, only few studies in Mexico have dealt with SES differentials in diabetes. The aim of this thesis is to examine the association between SES and type 2 diabetes …
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Socioeconomic Factors and Mass Shootings, 1982-2016
… and investigation of the relationship between socioeconomic factors and mass shootings. The objective of this paper was to see if economic policy making could be an effective tool for reducing the level of mass gun violence that America has been experiencing. This paper highlights the known …
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Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Brain Structure in Adulthood
<p>Socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood has been associated with difficulties in physical and mental health later in life. A potential pathway underlying this association is through variations in brain development. While associations between concurrent socioeconomic disadvantage and brain …
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Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-Island Socioeconomic Ties
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Essays on spatial, health, and socioeconomic interactions
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-12-04 without embargo terms
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The socioeconomic impacts of the Superfund program
The student, Alexander Stevens, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2019-07-08 at 10:48.
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Socioeconomic related health inequalities in South Africa
… we use. In chapter three, we establish the socioeconomic factors correlated with health outcomes in South Africa. We use bivariate and panel data approaches. We find significant correlations between health outcomes and socioeconomic factors (income, educational attainment, and demographic …
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Socioeconomic variation in the Spanish of Maracaibo, Venezuela
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Socioeconomic status and tobacco use behavior in adolescence.
… associated with poverty, with those in lower socioeconomic classes using tobacco at higher rates. The association between socioeconomoic status (SES) and tobacco use for youth, however, is much less clear. Understanding the role of SES in initiation and progression of tobacco use among …
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Epidemiology of oral cancer from a socioeconomic perspective
… of oral cancer in relation to individual socioeconomic status (SES), area-based socioeconomic circumstances, and socioeconomic inequalities. Descriptive epidemiology studies undertaken demonstrated that the burden of oral cancer was increasing across the UK, especially in Scotland, and a …
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Socioeconomic factors and hypertension in Al-Ain, UAE
… of the relationship between hypertension and socioeconomic factors such as income and demographic factors including education and occupation in the UAE population have been undertaken. Since each community has its own common and unique socioeconomic determinants for cardiovascular diseases, …
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Socioeconomic Determinants of Marital Dissolution in Puerto Rico
… of marital instability. This study examines the socioeconomic determinants of the probability of marital dissolution from legal and consensual marriages in Puerto Rico, and hence the formation of female-headed households.
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The socioeconomic consequences of the U.S. fracking boom
… theme of this dissertation is to understand the socioeconomic consequences associated with the technological breakthroughs in the U.S. energy landscape. The dissertation combines econometric methods with spatial techniques to identify the externalities in water and energy transport arising from …
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